transitive. To lay hold of, catch.

To seize upon (booty); to catch, apprehend, get into one's power (a person); to capture (a city), to seize (lands, possessions). Obs. exc. arch.

transitive. To hold, grasp (a person or thing) in one's hands or arms; to seize, catch; to arrest, capture. Also intransitive. Scottish and archaic…

transitive. To gain possession of (a town, building, vessel, etc.) by force; to seize, capture, esp. in war; to win by conquest.

transitive. To get hold of, to catch.

transitive. To capture (a castle, ship, town, etc.); to take by force. Obsolete.

To seize, capture, take as spoil; to catch (fish, a bird); to capture, take captive (a person). Obsolete except in euphemistic slang, to steal.

transitive. To seize, capture (a person or place); to take prisoner; to conquer in war. Cf. sense 1. Obsolete.

To overtake, come up with, catch up, get at or within reach of, catch. Obsolete.

transitive. To get hold of, capture (a person).

transitive. To lay hold of, take possession of; to overtake.

transitive. To arrest, capture (a person).

To take prisoner, to catch.

To lay hold of (a person); esp. to arrest, apprehend by legal authority; = attach, v. 1a.

gen. To catch, capture, seize, lay hold upon. Obsolete except as figurative use of 11.

transitive. To oblige (a person) to go somewhere, esp. as a prisoner or captive; to take (a person) somewhere by force. Also (now only) with noun…

transitive. To seize or take hold of (a person) by the collar; more loosely: To capture. In Football: To stop an opponent who is running with…

transitive. To catch, capture, or seize quickly, suddenly, or by surprise.

transitive. To come upon suddenly; to catch, apprehend, detect. Obsolete.

gen. To capture, seize; to take possession of by force; to take prisoner. Obsolete.

slang. transitive. To catch (a person); to nab. Obsolete.

transitive. To take captive, bring into captivity.

colloquial and slang. transitive. To catch, take unawares; to apprehend. Now: spec. (of the police) to arrest, take into custody (slang).

transitive. To capture, catch, lay hold of, ‘nab’.

transitive. To seize. Obsolete.

To catch, capture, to secure. transitive. To secure, get hold of, take possession of, acquire for oneself. Also: to pin down, make sure of (a person)…

to give (a person) the (or †a) foot: to trip up (a person); to kick (a person). Now rare.

transitive. To make a capture of; to take prisoner; to catch by force, surprise, or stratagem; to seize as a prize in war.

figurative. To catch, secure, e.g. as a husband, etc.

To catch, secure.

transitive. To take, catch, capture, or to gather in as with a net.

transitive. slang. To nab, to catch. Obsolete.

transitive. To seize, arrest, grasp; to apprehend mentally. Now rare.

U.S. colloquial or slang. To secure, lay hold of, seize, capture, ‘collar’.

transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. In extended use: to capture, to trap; to ensnare; spec. (of an undercover detective) to win the confidence…