capture

Definition

  • noun: an act or instance of 'capturing'
  • verb: to take and hold (someone) as a prisoner especially by using force
  • verb: to take 'captive'
  • synonyms: abduction, acquire, apprehend

Examples

  • The story 'captured our imaginations'. [=the story was very interesting and exciting]

  • The beauty of the landscape was 'captured' perfectly by the artist.

  • The robbery was 'captured' (on film) by the security cameras.

Movie quotes

  • (..) the man to my left is Django Freeman, he's my deputy. In my pocket is a warrant signed by circuit court judge Henry Allen Laudermilk of Austin Texas, for the arrest and capture, dead or alive, of John Brittle, Roger Brittle, and Ellis Brittle. DJANGO: They've gone by the name Schaffer. (..)
    2012 Django Unchained