(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Stolen.
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…
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Stolen.
"Mr Punch," I said. "You're nicked."
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, slang) Liable to be stolen.
(UK, Irish, slang) To steal.
British and Australian slang for telling someone to go away or for making a quick, often stealthy exit yourself. When you tell someone to nick off, you're telling them to get lost — it's ruder than 'go away' but stops short of a full-on insult. When used reflexively, it means slipping away before anyone notices, like ducking out of work early or disappearing from a party without saying goodbye.
obviously yes. nicked mum's car to drive far too far away. the details are sadly lost to history
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”
“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.”
“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]”
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Captured (by police); arrested.
Get yer trousers on, you're nicked.
“Penrose already nicked that one for twistors - arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0...”
“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!”
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