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I.nick¹ /nɪk/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Perhaps from nock 'small cut in the end of a bow for the string to fit in' (14-20 centuries)]
1. in the nick of time just before it is too late, or just before something bad happens:
Luckily, help arrived in the nick of time.
2. in good nick/in bad nick etc British English informal in good condition or in bad condition:
It’s an old car but it’s still in good nick.
3. [countable] a very small cut made on the edge or surface of something
4. the nick British English informal a ↑police station
II.nick² BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1. British English informal to steal something SYN pinch, steal:
Someone’s nicked my wallet.
nick something from somebody/something
You nicked those pens from my desk.
2. to make a small cut in the surface or edge of something, usually by accident:
He nicked his hand on some broken glass.
3. British English informal if the police nick you, they catch you and charge you with a crime SYN arrest:
You’re nicked!
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THESAURUS
▪ steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else: The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment. | Thousands of cars get stolen every year.
▪ take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly: The boys broke into her house and took all her money. | They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery.
▪ burgle British English, burglarize American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there: Their house was burgled while they were away. | If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled.
▪ rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person: The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex. | An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home. | He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store.
▪ mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them: People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out. | Someone tried to mug me outside the station.
▪ nick/pinch British English informal to steal something: Someone’s nicked my wallet! | When I came back, my car had been pinched.
▪ embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for: Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department.
▪ shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking: Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year.
▪ phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account: Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals.

nickhu

◎	[nik]
※	danh từ
	■	nấc, khía
	〆	in the nick of time
		✓	đúng lúc
	〆	the nick
		✓	trại giam, nhà tù
※	ngoại động từ
	■	cắt, nấc, khía; làm mẻ (dao)
	■	cắt gân đuôi (ngựa cho cụp xuống)
	■	bắt kịp (xe lửa...); chộp, bắt quả tang, tóm đúng (kẻ trộm, kẻ cắp...)
	■	đoán trúng (sự thật)
	■	gieo (súc sắc) trúng số to
	■	(từ lóng) ăn cắp, xoay
※	nội động từ
	■	(nick in) chặn ngang (chạy đua)
	■	(nick with) giao phối (động vật)