0 past simple and past participle of nick
1 to steal something:
2 If the police nick someone, they catch them for committing a crime:
The nicked junction behaves as if one helix disengages from the other on releasing the constraint of one strand, resulting in the observed rotation.
One problem on election day was getting the shearing done in time to vote and there were many nicked sheep around the next day.
If they have nicked a car or are driving without a licence, it is a serious offence, not a trivial one.
She could leave her house early in the morning or late at night and risk being nicked.
If someone is going to commit or has committed an offence, he should be nicked.
They fear their few possessions will be "nicked" if they go into shared accommodation with someone they do not know.
There is no question of assets being nicked, as he put it.
I should have thought that gave ample time in which to train our customs officers to know the difference between nicked and docked horses.
