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nick
verb- to arrest, to apprehend UK, 1622
- But by the time they had started to look around for someone to nick, the tool had been well got rid of. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 28, 1958
- You’re fucking nicked, my old beauty. You’ve found to your cost that the standards of the British police force are as high as ever. — Joe Orton, Loot, 1966
- CENTURION: You’re fuckin’ nicked, me old beauty. — Monty Python, Life of Brian, 1979
- in prison, to place on report UK
- “You’ve got no previous convictions,” I continued, “you’ve never been nicked (placed on report), you’ve done the anger management [...] course.” — Guardian, 26 April 2001: ‘A life inside’
- to steal UK, 1869
- I starts telling him about nicking cars. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 10, 1964
- Oh yeah, I’ve got one I think, but I nicked it. — Paul E Willis, Profane Culture, p. 156, 1978
- to win a gamble, possibly by taking an unfair advantage or cheating UK, 1676
A variation of earlier obsolete senses: “to cheat at cards”, “to defraud”. - Give me a chance to nick a few quid on the horses[.] — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 97, 2000
- (of a person) to move quickly AUSTRALIA, 1894
Followed by an adverb. Perhaps a specialised use of the sense “to cheat”. - I just nicked in for a draw. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 107, 1945
- I’ll nick into the loungeroom and have a listen at the window. — Willie Fennell, Dexter Gets The Point, p. 44, 1961
- I just got to nick out to the Gents for a few jiffs to wring the rattlesnake [urinate]!!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- to throw dice BARBADOS
- — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 77, 1965
▶ get nicked
get lost AUSTRALIA, 1968
Euphemistic for “get fucked”.- You can tell the mob you work for to get nicked[.] — Bluey Bush Contractors, p. 23, 1975
▶ nick a living
to make enough money to survive UK- I’ve just come out of a nine stretch [in prison]. Well, I want to keep my nut [head] down, nick a living, and keep a low profile. — Lenny McLean, The Guv’nor, p. 112, 1998
▶ nick the title
to win a sporting contest and thereby to take the title UK- As soon as I had nicked the title from Roy Shaw they started doing business with me[.] — Lenny McLean, The Guv’nor, p. 115, 1998
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