capture
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkæp.tʃɚ/
:
captura
- The Crime Commission has offered $1,000 for the capture of Williams.
- elude capture
- days after the capture
- led to the capture
And they did it, a capture of him in India.
- And they did it, a capture of him in India.
- I don't know if it's true or not, but you saw his his capture pretty soon after.
- The one place where we align is on what's called corporate capture of the agencies of government.
- She and the the information that she received would lead to this person's capture.
Examples
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My treacherous brother must be brought to justice, and as such, I have doubled the reward for his capture.
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A shocking crime results in a record $50 million reward for the capture of this man.
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Were you present at his capture near Jerusalem?
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A reward has been posted for his capture.
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At one point, a subordinate entered with news of the capture of a wanted criminal.
Fiction book (1994) -
I have information that could lead to the capture of escaped convict, Cassius Littlefield.
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The capture of renegade police officer and mass murderer Ben Richards was filmed yesterday by runway security cameras.
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The U.S. military today announced the capture of two key figures in al Qaeda in Iraq.
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A reward has been posted for his capture after he escaped from custody.
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The Crime Commission has offered $1,000 for the capture of Williams, who is wanted for questioning.
Synonyms
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7.1
Taking someone away by force without permission, often a child
84
5.4
A sudden illegal action to seize control of a country's government by force
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6.1
Taking property by force or by a court order
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4.6
To take someone away by force or trick to ask for money
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5.6
Taking land, buildings, or other property, often by force
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6.1
The capture of a person by the police
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4.2
A quick act of taking something with the hand
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8.2
The act of bringing people or a country under control, usually by force
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8.3
A situation in which someone is trapped by a trick or tool
A tight hold on something using hands or arms
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
An event in 1775 when American forces took Fort Ticonderoga from the British
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Capture as a noun comes from the same Latin root cap- meaning 'to take', and it originally meant the 'act of taking'. So a capture is the action of catching or seizing something.