Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense nabs, present participle nabbing, past tense, past participle nabbed
VERB 抓住;逮捕 If people in authority such as the police nab someone who they think has done something wrong, they catch them or arrest them. 抓住;逮捕 [informal]
He killed 12 people before the authorities finally nabbed him. [VERB noun]
他杀了12人后才最终被当局抓获。
Soon he was back in the armed robbery business. Again, he got nabbed. [getVERB-ed]