Catch, as a criminal
The crossword clue "Catch, as a criminal" is answered by NAB, a 3-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NAB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAB answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for NAB
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAB, most used first.
- Collar - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
- Apprehend - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrest - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Capture - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch - used 107 times, most recently in 2025
- Catch red-handed - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Seize - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Snatch - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch in the act - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Slap the cuffs on - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinch - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Take into custody - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Pick up - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Snag - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Seize suddenly - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch, as a crook - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Get - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Grab - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Put the collar on - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Run in - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Bag - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Slap cuffs on - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Nail - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Apt rhyme for "grab" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Capture, as a crook - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Put the cuffs on - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Capture a crook - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Capture, as a burglar - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Arrest, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Catch cold? - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Collar, as a crook - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Haul in - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Apt rhyme of "grab" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Ensnare - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinch, as a perp - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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