oppakken — meaning in English

English meaning

• arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
• bust verb To break something, especially by force.
• nab verb To catch or arrest someone, especially a criminal.

Senses

oppakken is used for these senses in English:

• arrest (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
• bust (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
• nab (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
• pick up (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.

arrest — full definition

1. verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
2. verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
3. noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.

bust — full definition

1. verb To break something, especially by force.
2. verb To catch someone doing something wrong or illegal, or to arrest them.
3. noun A sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
4. noun A woman's breasts, or the measurement around them.
5. adjective Broke; without any money.

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