nab

1. V-T 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[非正式]

He killed 12 people before the authorities finally nabbed him. 他殺了12個(gè)人之后才最終被當(dāng)局抓獲。

Soon he was back in the armed robbery business. Again, he got nabbed. 不久他又重返持械搶劫這一行當(dāng)，然后又一次被捕了。