- captured
- (Roget's IV)
modif.
1. [Caught]Syn. taken, seized, arrested, apprehended, detained, grasped, overtaken, clutched, grabbed, snatched, kiDNApped, abducted, netted, hooked, trapped, ensnared, secured, collared*, nabbed*, bagged*; see also under arrest , arrest .Ant. released, unbound, loosed.2. [Occupied]Syn. possessed, overcome, won, gained, seized, preempted, confiscated, usurped, repossessed, taken, taken over, appropriated, annexed, conquered, mastered, in possession of, fallen; see also beaten 1 , held .Ant. liberated, free*, demilitarized.
English dictionary for students. 2013.