nicking in English

verb
1
make a nick or nicks in.
he had nicked himself while shaving
synonyms:cutscratchincisegougegashscore
2
cheat someone of (something, typically a sum of money).
he nicked me for fifteen hundred dollars
3
steal.
he'd had his car nicked by joyriders
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "nicking" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "nicking", or refer to the context using the word "nicking" in the English Dictionary.

1. You can scarify seeds by nicking them with nail clippers or a sharp knife, Abrading them with sandpaper or simply soaking them

2. In fact, the presence of topo I appears to slightly protect against Anthocyan(id)in‐induced DNA nicking at least at low Anthocyan(id)in concentrations but only at the 10X level of topo I, although the effects are not statistically significant ( Fig

3. A practice then prevailed of blasting without nicking the side of the place which still continues and of conducting the current of air too far by means of Brattice, to both of which practices I raised a strong objection.They admitted their inability to make the men nick the coal as they formerly did and thought the application of Brattice could not be properly defined, but that it should be