Nick [nik]
- Prison, police station
- To catch, touch, arrest.
- To steal, pinch, swindle, rob.
- State of health.
Nicked:
Examples:
He is in good nick.
He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick to be charged. (police station)
He's just been released from Shadwell nick after doing ten years for attempted murder. (prison)
Meaning from the English-Bulgarian dictionary:
- Notch, indentation, scratch, cut, (cut) mark, crack, slot, groove, channel.
- Tightening, contraction.
- Specific time, critical moment.
- Make a cut/notch, chip, nick, cut a mark into, make a cut.
- Come in time, catch (a train, etc.).
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