Synonyms of apprehended

apprehended 1 of 2

adjective

as in arrested

taken and held prisoner

an apprehended crime lord who can easily post the million-dollar bail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• imprisoned
• captive
• captured
• jailed
• incarcerated
• interned
• confined
• kidnapped
• caught
• behind bars
• enslaved
• bound
• trapped
• abducted
• occupied
• subdued
• indentured
• subjugated
• ensnared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• unconfined
• released
• unrestrained
• liberated
• freed
• emancipated
• delivered
• paroled
• enfranchised

apprehended

2 of 2

verb

past tense of apprehend

1

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• comprehended
• recognized
• deciphered
• grasped
• saw
• appreciated
• discerned
• realized
• sensed
• perceived
• conceived
• seized
• got
• assimilated
• beheld
• caught
• registered
• decoded
• made
• intuited
• dug
• cognized
• picked up on
• made out
• caught on (to)
• compassed
• tumbled (to)
• grokked
• savvied
• twigged
• cottoned (to or on to)
• absorbed
• digested
• penetrated
• fathomed
• took in
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misconstrued
• misread
• mistook
• misconceived
• misapprehended
• misperceived

2

as in seized

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• seized
• detained
• grabbed
• restrained
• captured
• committed
• nabbed
• jailed
• caught
• nailed
• pinched
• nicked
• collared
• snatched
• ran in
• imprisoned
• busted
• picked up
• incarcerated
• pulled in
• trapped
• confined
• snared
• grappled
• interned
• handcuffed
• snapped (up)
• bound
• landed
• hooked
• locked (up)
• bagged
• rearrested
• shackled
• remanded
• held
• fettered
• got
• jugged
• immured
• manacled
• enchained
• trammeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharged
• released
• freed
• liberated
• emancipated
• sprang
• loosened
• loosed
• unchained
• unbound

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apprehended

Verb

Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was apprehended Tuesday near Kansas City, Missouri, authorities said. — ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

If the shooter in question was apprehended, what should happen to them? — Mark Guiducci, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026

She was apprehended on the same day and has been detained since her arrest, according to court records. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026

Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News Corrales was apprehended at the southern border in October 2023 and subsequently released into the United States during the Biden administration. — Brittany Miller , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron gave a warning this week that thieves would be apprehended. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

According to the Department of Justice, New was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 7 before being apprehended in Las Vegas on October 13. — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

To date, the gang-fighting force has apprehended 26 people, including a minor who has been transferred to a special center; the others were handed over to Haitian authorities, per the protocol the force works under, within 48 hours of their arrest. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Durham was later apprehended and served time in prison for the crime, but not before selling the paintings to a notorious crime boss who was later found in possession of the art. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026