apprehendverb [ T ]
uk/ˌæp.rɪˈhend/us/ˌæp.rəˈhend/formalapprehend verb [ T ] (CATCH)
to catch and arrest someone who has not obeyed the law:
The police have finally apprehended the killer.
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Arresting & charging
- apprehension
- arrest
- assist
- attachment
- charge
- charge sheet
- chargeable
- hold
- house arrest
- knock
- lag
- Miranda
- nab
- pull sb in
- run
- run sb in
- take sb in
- the knock at/on the door idiom
- tighten
- tighten the net idiom
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Capturing or taking possession of things
apprehend verb [ T ] (UNDERSTAND)
to understand something
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Understanding and comprehending
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- catch on
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- realize
- take sth in
- twig
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