nicked
Razored while shaving
Nicked is the past tense of nick.
To nick something is to make a small cut or notch in it: I nicked myself shaving.
In British slang, to nick means to steal: Someone nicked my bike.
British police nick suspects when they arrest them: He got nicked for shoplifting.
A nick is also a small cut or the precise moment: in the nick of time.
Stole or squeezed tightly
- swipedTook illicitly or scanned
- pilferedTook in small amounts
- liftedRaised upward
- filchedStole casually
snatched · nabbed · half-inched · thieved · purloined · shoplifted · pocketed · boosted
Apprehended or broken
- collaredCaught and restrained
- nabbedSeized or arrested
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- apprehendedCaptured or comprehended
detained · pinched · cuffed · booked · charged · remanded · cautioned
pinched
Stole or squeezed tightly
filched · snatched · nabbed · half-inched · thieved · purloined · shoplifted · pocketed · boosted · heisted
busted
Apprehended or broken
apprehended · detained · pinched · cuffed · booked · charged · remanded · cautioned
scratched
Made shallow marks
scuffed · marred · gouged · dinged · blemished · notched · scored · grazed · marked · defaced
sliced
Divided by cutting
incised · wounded · nipped · snipped · razored · knifed · scored · slit · clipped · pricked
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- defectsdefect, flaw, crack, cracks, defective
- equipment conditionsworn, damaged, broken, rusted, dented
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- struck thingspunched, slapped, kicked, hammered, clubbed
- nick of timeThe final possible moment
- in the nick of timeAt the final moment
- nickel and dimeDrain through small amounts
- nickel and dimedCharged many small fees
- nickel and dimingAccumulating small charges
- wooden nickelValueless commemorative token
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