Something that has been captured; a captive.
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
The recording or storage of something for later playback.
To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
To reproduce convincingly.
To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
A police station or prison.
The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
To make a cut at the side of the face.
To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
To steal.
To arrest.
To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).