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pagrobti — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abduct verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
  • capture verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.

Senses

pagrobti is used for these senses in English:

  • abduct (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
  • capture (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

abduct — full definition

  1. verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
  2. verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.

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.