prender — meaning in English

English meaning

• apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
• arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
• fetter noun A chain or similar restraint used to bind a person or animal, usually by the legs.
• 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 put someone in prison, usually as punishment for a crime.
• pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
• trap noun A device designed to catch or kill an animal.

Senses

prender is used for these senses in English:

• apprehend (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
• arrest (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
• 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 up (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
• pen (transitive) To enclose in a pen.
• trap (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.

apprehend — full definition

1. verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
2. verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
3. verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.

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.

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