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Nick

nɪk

Nick definitions
noun
nick nicks
  1. a small cut or notch

    "a small nick on his wrist"

  2. prison

    "he'll end up in the nick for the rest of his life"

    jail penal institution place of detention lock-up place of confinement guardhouse detention centre
    • a police station

      "he was being fingerprinted in the nick"

  3. the junction between the floor and side walls in a squash court or real tennis court
verb
nick nicked nicking nicks
  1. make a nick or nicks in

    "he had nicked himself while shaving"

  2. steal

    "she nicked fivers from the till"

    steal purloin thieve take take for oneself help oneself to loot pilfer abscond with run off with appropriate abstract carry off shoplift
    • cheat someone of (a sum of money)

      "banks will be nicked for an extra $40 million"

  3. arrest (someone)

    "Stuart and Dan got nicked for burglary"

    arrest apprehend take into custody seize take in take prisoner detain put in jail throw in jail