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vangita — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
  • capture verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
  • grab verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.
  • imprison verb To put someone in prison, or to confine them against their will.
  • incarcerate verb To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

Senses

vangita 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.]
  • arrest (transitive) To catch the attention of. [from 19th c.]
  • capture (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
  • grab To restrain someone; to arrest.
  • imprison (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
  • incarcerate (chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
  • lock away (transitive) To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.
  • lock up (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).

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.

capture — full definition

  1. verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
  2. verb To record or represent something, especially so it can be seen or reviewed later.
  3. noun The act of seizing or taking control of something, or the thing seized.

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