Synonyms of nicking

nicking

verb

present participle of nick, British slang

1

as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

that lorry was a piece of rubbish, I don't know why anyone would want to nick it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stealing
• swiping
• grabbing
• pilfering
• filching
• snatching
• pinching
• robbing
• lifting
• thieving
• appropriating
• nipping
• purloining
• pocketing
• misappropriating
• hooking
• snitching
• hijacking
• boosting
• picking
• ripping off
• taking
• heisting
• making off with
• running off with
• plundering
• making away with
• seizing
• looting
• pillaging
• sacking
• walking off with
• burglarizing
• rifling
• knocking over
• poaching
• shoplifting
• nailing
• rustling
• grasping
• abducting
• mooching
• spiriting
• collaring
• highjacking
• sponging
• kidnapping
• carjacking
• kidnaping
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• presenting
• contributing
• donating
• bestowing
• handing over

2

as in arresting

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

a petty thief who was always getting nicked for picking the pockets of tourists outside Buckingham Palace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arresting
• seizing
• grabbing
• apprehending
• restraining
• pinching
• detaining
• snatching
• nailing
• committing
• nabbing
• capturing
• busting
• catching
• running in
• jailing
• collaring
• pulling in
• trapping
• snaring
• imprisoning
• picking up
• hooking
• bagging
• confining
• incarcerating
• grappling
• getting
• landing
• handcuffing
• holding
• binding
• snapping (up)
• locking (up)
• shackling
• interning
• jugging
• fettering
• immuring
• enchaining
• remanding
• trammelling
• manacling
• trammeling
• rearresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharging
• springing
• releasing
• loosening
• freeing
• loosing
• liberating
• emancipating
• unchaining
• unbinding