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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hokaku
"犯人の捕獲が成功しました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The action of catching or gaining control of something or someone.
"The police announced the capture of the suspect."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin captura, meaning 'a taking or catching', from captus, the past participle of capere 'to take'. Entering Middle English via Old French captur, the term originally referred to the physical act of seizing by force and has since expanded to encompass abstract representations like recording data or images.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Capture" is said worldwide
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capture
Transliteration: capture
"La capture du criminel a soulagé la ville."
Gefangennahme
Transliteration: Gefangennahme
"Die Gefangennahme des Diebes dauerte die ganze Nacht."
cattura
Transliteration: cattura
"La cattura del fuggitivo è stata trasmessa in diretta."
captura
Transliteration: captura
"La captura del ladrón ocurrió esta mañana."
captura
Transliteration: captura
"A captura do fugitivo foi um sucesso."
गिरफ़tारी
Transliteration: giraftari
Script: गिरफ़्तारी
"पुलिस द्वारा चोर की गिरफ़्तारी की गई।"
捕获
Transliteration: bǔhuò
"警察成功捕获了逃犯。"
포획
Transliteration: pohwەک
"경찰은 용의자의 포획을 발표했다."
捕獲
Transliteration: hokaku
"犯人の捕獲が成功しました。"
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