capture
The verb to capture means to grab, trap, or take something that doesn’t want to be grabbed, trapped, or taken. Hunters, pirates, and kidnappers all capture the things they want.
If you want that tiger, you’re going to have to capture him, either by setting a trap or shooting him. Either way, his capture won’t be easy. You can also capture a photograph of something — which, while it doesn’t mean taking it against its will, is still a kind of taking in which the thing itself is not participating. The pirate captured his hostages, while his hostages captured the scene on their cell-phone video cameras.
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
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catchtake in and retain
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hunt, hunt down, run, track downpursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
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froghunt frogs for food
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bagcapture or kill, as in hunting
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batfowlcatch birds by temporarily blinding them
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ratcatch rats, especially with dogs
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ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel, trapcatch in or as if in a trap
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snipehunt or shoot snipe
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whalehunt for whales
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ambush, still-hunthunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
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turtlehunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
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drive(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
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drive(hunting) search for game
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rabbithunt rabbits
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fowlhunt fowl in the forest
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poachhunt illegally
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sealhunt seals
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ferrethunt with ferrets
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coursehunt with hounds
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foxhunthunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
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jack, jacklighthunt with a jacklight
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hawkhunt with hawks
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falconhunt with falcons
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fowlhunt fowl
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gintrap with a snare
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forage, scroungecollect or look around for (food)
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catch
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
attract; cause to be enamored
the act of taking a person by force
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abductionthe criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member
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kidnapping, snatch(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
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felonya serious crime (such as murder or arson)
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abduction
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
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gaining control, seizure-
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usurpationwrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
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apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodythe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
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conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugationthe act of conquering
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enslavementthe act of making slaves of your captives
the removal of an opponent’s piece from the chess board
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en passant(chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent’s pawn commanding the square that was passed
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exchange(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
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exchange(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
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chess movethe act of moving a chess piece
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en passant
bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
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action, activity, natural action, natural processa process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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action, activity, natural action, natural process
any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
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action, activity, natural action, natural processa process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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action, activity, natural action, natural process
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible