nailed

Related to nailed: nailed down

nail

1. slang To catch, apprehend, or arrest someone. After nearly three months on the run, police in Arkansas finally nailed the two fugitives. I heard Jimmy was nailed in Chicago last night. He'd better not squeal on us!
2. slang To catch someone out; to expose someone, as in a lie or a criminal or dishonest act. The undercover investigative journalist nailed the CEO in an attempt to bribe a state senator. I got my story mixed up, and my parents ended up nailing me in a lie.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

nailed

1. mod. correctly identified. The thugs sure got nailed fast.
2. mod. arrested. (see also nail.) Why am I nailed? I didn’t do anything.
See also: nail
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • nail
  • catch (one) in the act
  • catch in the act
  • catch somebody in the act
  • caught in the act
  • catch something
  • catch it
  • catch
  • catch (one) (doing something)
  • be keen on (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Instead, the sheathing remained nailed to the wood member in these joints even though the sheathing around the nail was damaged.
Strength of plywood joints with overdriven nails
Romesh Sharma of India just nailed the record books with a combined left-hand fingernail length of 10 meters (33 feet)--scratching out the previous record of 6.15 m (20.18 ft).
Gross out?