apprehended (C1)
verb
Pronunciation: /ˌæprɪˈhendɪd/
Definition
Taken into custody by legal authority or grasped mentally.
Examples
The fugitive was apprehended by border patrol agents late last night.
Police apprehended the suspect near the train station shortly after the robbery.
She struggled to apprehend the complex nuances of the professor's lecture.
How to Use apprehended
- apprehend someone (collocation)
- to catch or arrest a person — "Officers managed to apprehend the suspect without further incident."
- apprehend the meaning of (collocation)
- to grasp or understand an abstract concept — "It took the students a while to apprehend the meaning of the poem."
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