How do you use Nab in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like seize or clutch, plus the exact meaning.
Nab in a sentence
Related words
Nab meaning
- To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
- To grab or snatch something.
- To steal or copy another user's post.
Using Nab
- The main meaning on this page is: To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive). | To grab or snatch something. | To steal or copy another user's post.
- Useful related words include: seize, prehend, clutch, pick up.
- In the example corpus, nab often appears in combinations such as: to nab, the nab, nab the.
Context around Nab
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nab
- In this selection, "nab" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sheehan, lahore, corrupt and spokesperson stand out and add context to how "nab" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1983 the nab eliminated the and according to nab more than. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nab" sits close to words such as ambush, buckets and comey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nab
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A search is on to nab two more accused. (9 words)
Do Guna and the police manage to nab AGR? (9 words)
According to NAB, more than 32,000 people are employed by the bank. (13 words)
ANZ, Westpac, the NAB-owned Bank of New Zealand and the Commonwealth Bank-owned ASB Bank account for 85 per cent of loans and hold 90 per cent of total bank deposits in New Zealand. (35 words)
According to the NAB sources, over Rs100 billion worth of schemes had been launched in Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin during Pervaiz Elahi’s tenure, and there are allegations of widespread corruption in these schemes. (34 words)
Then the courts ruled that parts of the NAB code violated the First Amendment, specifically the part that limited commercial minutes in children’s programming and in 1983, the NAB eliminated the code. (33 words)
Do Guna and the police manage to nab AGR? (9 words)
Be sure you nab them before they go off sale to save big! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
NAB had earlier approved the recommendation from NAB Lahore to launch an investigation against Buzdar.
On August 31, the Ministry of Law and Justice drafted new laws to amend the rules of the NAB, which, if approved, would exempt private citizens from NAB’s prosecution.
NAB is committed to nab corrupt, proclaimed offenders and absconders with iron hands by using all its resources.
NAB spokesperson reported that NAB chief has instructed KP province DG to file a report after probing alleged use of two helicopters by PTI chief.
Then the courts ruled that parts of the NAB code violated the First Amendment, specifically the part that limited commercial minutes in children’s programming and in 1983, the NAB eliminated the code.
According to NAB, more than 32,000 people are employed by the bank.
According to the NAB sources, over Rs100 billion worth of schemes had been launched in Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin during Pervaiz Elahi’s tenure, and there are allegations of widespread corruption in these schemes.
All angles are being probed to ascertain the motive as well as to nab the suspects, he added.
Ansar Abbasi has now cited sources to suggest that the complaint petition against Faiz Hameed has been referred back to the NAB for further enquiries.
ANZ, Westpac, the NAB-owned Bank of New Zealand and the Commonwealth Bank-owned ASB Bank account for 85 per cent of loans and hold 90 per cent of total bank deposits in New Zealand.
A search is on to nab two more accused.
At selected KFC restaurants across the UK, the first 50 customers to go through the 'Sleigh Thru' dressed as Santa this week will nab a free Stuffing Stacker Burger.
A week later she received a call from an anonymous person claiming to be from NAB's fraud and security team informing her that her bank cards and accounts had been compromised.
Be sure you nab them before they go off sale to save big!
BHP was down 2.5 per cent and NAB was down 2.0 per cent, with the other Big Four banks down by between 1.0 and 1.6 per cent.
But, like Roberts’ Julianne, Ally decides it’s not too late to nab the groom out of the jaws of matrimony.
Cheng, of Placentia, and Hughes, from Costa Mesa, lost just one set in five matches on their journey to nab the prestigious women’s title.
Chris Sheehan, NAB executive for group investigations and fraud, said the bank was seeing an increase in money mules, where a person allows their accounts to be used to move stolen funds.
Dhanasekara was the pick of the bowlers, bowling upfront and at the death to nab five wickets including four top-order batters.
Do Guna and the police manage to nab AGR?
Common combinations with nab
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: