The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ARRESTS , but the solution may also be CAPTURES which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in New York Times).
Nabs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARRESTS | 31 % | 7 |
| CAPTURES | 23 % | 8 |
| NAILS | 23 % | 5 |
| BUSTS | 8 % | 5 |
| COPS | 8 % | 4 |
| COLLARS | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nabs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- apprehend
- arrest
- pick up
- collar
- nail
- cop
- nails
- detain
- pinches
- apprehends
- arrests
- captures
Crossword Answer definitions
ARRESTS noun- A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
- A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
- To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
- To stay, remain.
- To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- To catch the attention of.
- To undergo cardiac arrest.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ARRESTS
- Takes into custody
- Collars
- Takes in parts of rap records? (7)
- Cuffs
- Police-force stat
- Checks
- Rap sheet data
- Takes in for booking
- Stems
- Rap sheet entries
More clues leading to the result CAPTURES
More clues leading to the result NAILS
- Manicurist's assignment
- Finger features
- Finger tips
- Salon treatment targets
- Home Depot purchase
- Mani-pedi targets
- Gets down pat
- Salon concerns
- Hardness symbol
- Filed items
More clues leading to the result BUSTS
- Mantle pieces
- Narc's activities
- DEA raids
- Sculpted works
- DEA successes
- Narc's jobs
- Breaks open
- Head-and-shoulder sculptures
- Heads and shoulders
- Some sculptures
More clues leading to the result COPS
- Beat men
- Police officers
- Reality TV program
- Takes without permission
- Pros with radar guns
- Flatfeet
- Fuzz
- Its theme is "Bad Boys"
- Reality show from 1989
- O.P.P. members, familiarly