nicked
Having one or more nicks; notched.
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You gotta spray paint on the next one. Something embarrassing enough so it wont get nicked
Like anyone will do anything to him. He’s Teflon. He’s above the law. The king has more chance of being nicked than Farage. If he is (by some miracle) arrested, the whole of the MSM will hound the prosecutors til thei…
obviously yes. nicked mum's car to drive far too far away. the details are sadly lost to history
For those in Cymru, in simple diagrammatic form... [nicked from another a/c]
Wait until you try trimming them. First time reduced me to a quivering wreck. She wriggled so much I accidentally nicked her and drew blood. Cried for hours thinking I'd taken off a fingertip. She was fine. I wasn't.…
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Having one or more nicks; notched.
Get yer trousers on, you're nicked.
“You gotta spray paint on the next one. Something embarrassing enough so it wont get nicked”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Like anyone will do anything to him. He’s Teflon. He’s above the law. The king has more chance of being nicked than Farage. If he is (by some miracle) arrested, the whole of the MSM will hound the prosecutors til their eyes bleed.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“obviously yes. nicked mum's car to drive far too far away. the details are sadly lost to history”
— Bluesky· May 2026“For those in Cymru, in simple diagrammatic form... [nicked from another a/c]”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Captured (by police); arrested.
Get yer trousers on, you're nicked.
“Wait until you try trimming them. First time reduced me to a quivering wreck. She wriggled so much I accidentally nicked her and drew blood. Cried for hours thinking I'd taken off a fingertip. She was fine. I wasn't. Bonne chance!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Penrose already nicked that one for twistors - arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Stolen.
"Mr Punch," I said. "You're nicked."
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