nicking
Making small cuts
Nicking is stealing, especially small items or petty theft—British slang that remains common: Someone's nicked my phone.
To nick also means to make a small cut or notch: I nicked myself shaving.
In British slang, to get nicked is to be arrested: He got nicked for shoplifting.
The noun nick appears in in the nick of time—at the last possible moment.
Failure or sculpture
- collarNeck encirclement
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- detainedHeld against one's will
custody · caught · nabbed · coppers · police · charges · station · criminal
Unlawful taking of property
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- pinchingSqueezing tightly between fingers
- swipingTaking something swiftly
filching · pocketing · lifting · thievery · snatching · boosting · nabbing · light-fingered
notch
V-shaped incision
scratch · score · incision · slit · gouge · chip · graze · groove · indent · serration
bust
Failure or sculpture
- collarNeck encirclement
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
detained · custody · caught · nabbed · coppers · police · charges · station · criminal · offence
theft
Unlawful taking of property
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- pinchingSqueezing tightly between fingers
swiping · filching · pocketing · lifting · thievery · snatching · boosting · nabbing · light-fingered · petty theft
chip
Small broken-off piece
mar · blemish · ding · abrasion · flaw · imperfection · defect · wear · hairline
etching
Acid-incised metal print
- scoringEarning points in competition
- scratchingRaking with nails
- markingIndicating with symbols
inscribing · carving · incising · notching · grooves · chisel · burin · scrimshaw · stipple · crosshatch
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- chippingflaking, cracking, spalling, chip shot, approach shot
- frictionfriction, rubbing, abrading, friction burn, rolling friction
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
nickingbuying
Obtaining through payment
purchasing · earning · inheriting · winning · bartering
nickinggiving
Transferring to another
returning · giving back · donating · gifting · restoring
nickinggrand larceny
Theft exceeding statutory amount
armed robbery · bank robbery · looting · plundering · heisting
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