Nicked

“Youse fekin nicked because the law does not state that you can start crossing the road using your left foot first!” ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

Anybody who thinks Social Security or any other basic safety net should be nicked is a complete intellectual idiot and a religious and moral failure, and we can always continue that conversation right here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Check out this retro-cool Twilight Zone bobblehead nicked from the William Shatner "fortune teller in diner" episode. [via Super Punch] ❋ Unknown (2009)

She brought along a small friend to the panel, a Terminator action figure that she admittedly nicked from a reporter. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If being nicked is an occupational hazard for these slimeballs, then they should learn that not having a cigarette is a consequence too …. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

The Queen has her own lockup, it was revealed this week, as Customs & Excise admitted that smuggled goods, fags and drugs had been nicked from the depot - officially titled "The Queen's Warehouse". ❋ Unknown (2007)

A memorable phrase nicked from an article in the Jpost by Robin Shepherd entitled “New Era as British Hostility Reaches Crescendo” ❋ Unknown (2009)

If a corner was cut here or there, a rule bent, a coin nicked, it was all in the spirit of robust capitalism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He flung himself sideways, screamed as Dunstan's steel sword nicked his forearm, but it was not the pain of the iron touching him that wrenched the cry from him. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2004)

A sword nicked his cheek before the wielder fell with his throat opened, to be trampled by the milling mass. ❋ Gemmell, David (1995)

The title is nicked from Sam Peckinpah's 1975 thriller - everything else is nicked from a dozen other action movies, most of them starring Jason Statham as the bullet-headed tough guy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So, I take it a bike like this will last a while since it is aluminum and I take OK care of it … if it doesn't get nicked, that is. ❋ Chris Abraham (2010)

Nycked is pronounced "nicked," FYI, not "naked," as we were tempted to assume. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rather than celebrating their new swimwear line Nycked (pronounced "nicked") during the day with a pool party and daiquiris, Lorenzo Martone, the former beau of Marc Jacobs, and jewelry designer Jules Kim opted for a dark, evening affair at Ganesvoort Park Avenue on Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Parker said he has not practiced in recent days due to being "kind of nicked up," and that Shanahan had given him days off. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The military says an F-15 intercepted each of them and the planes had just "nicked," as they say, the temporary no-fly zone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As for P&G, "We are not after mindless share and volume growth at any cost," Mr. Lafley said Thursday, adding that most P&G brands are maintaining or expanding their market share, even while being "nicked" by competition from lower-priced private-label goods. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The hospital devised a compromise: the girls would be "nicked" on the clitoral hood, in a symbolic gesture meant to deter the families from performing the traditional practice. ❋ Unknown (2008)