as in arrested
taken and held prisoner
a captured American business executive held for ransom by insurgents
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as in earned
to receive as return for effort
the movie's producers captured several awards for their work
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as in grabbed
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
captured the cat just as it was about to escape out the front door
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Recent Examples of captured
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
In real life, the pair’s crime spree at the height of the Depression-era captured the focus of the nation before they were shot and killed.
—Staff Report, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Online prediction markets, like Kalshi and Polymarket, have captured the nation’s attention with high-profile claims of wrongdoing.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Brown faces a rare terrorism charge in federal court after a video last year captured him stabbing Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine.
—Ryan Oehrli
may 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
For Alaïa, Bieber was captured by photographer Tyrone Lebon at his London gallery Grace Mews.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
In 2024, the pygmy hippo Moo Deng in Thailand captured hearts around the world with her water splashing, knee-biting antics spreading like wildfire on TikTok and other platforms.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Objects that formed from a circumplanetary disk, like Jupiter or Saturn’s large moons, are different than objects that migrate and get gravitationally captured, like Neptune’s large moon, Triton.
—Big Think, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
How Disney's facial recognition works at park entrances At the gate, a photo of your face is captured and converted into unique numerical values.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
In real life, the pair’s crime spree at the height of the Depression-era captured the focus of the nation before they were shot and killed.
—Staff Report, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Online prediction markets, like Kalshi and Polymarket, have captured the nation’s attention with high-profile claims of wrongdoing.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Brown faces a rare terrorism charge in federal court after a video last year captured him stabbing Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine.
—Ryan Oehrli
may 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
For Alaïa, Bieber was captured by photographer Tyrone Lebon at his London gallery Grace Mews.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
In 2024, the pygmy hippo Moo Deng in Thailand captured hearts around the world with her water splashing, knee-biting antics spreading like wildfire on TikTok and other platforms.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Objects that formed from a circumplanetary disk, like Jupiter or Saturn’s large moons, are different than objects that migrate and get gravitationally captured, like Neptune’s large moon, Triton.
—Big Think, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captured
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Kerr earned the 2015-16 NBA Coach of the Year award after guiding the Warriors to an NBA-record 73-9 mark during the regular season.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Of Snell’s five runs allowed, four were earned.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Sabres winger Zach Benson took advantage of Lane Hutson stumbling at the defensive blue line, and grabbed a loose puck before setting up Josh Doan for the opening goal less than five minutes into the game.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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When he was found, deputies said Ortiz became belligerent, yelled at employees, threatened to harm them with a gun, and grabbed one of the resort employees.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Throughout the series, Creasy is operating under the intel that the FRP, an extremist organization in Brazil, and its imprisoned leader, Ferraz, are behind the bombing of the high-rise.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Yenisey Taboada’s small apartment in Havana is filled with photos of her imprisoned son, Duannis Tabaoda.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Elkann, a keen offshore sailor himself, says Hypersail follows in the footsteps of Ferrari’s passion for endurance, drawing inspiration from the Ferrari 499P hypercar, which has won the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans three years in a row since the team’s return to endurance racing in 2023.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby, the first of his Triple Crown victories.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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And Bona, a second-year reserve, got caught too many times reaching in the cookie jar while defending Towns.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Before that drama began, however, five of the first six outs of the game were grounders to Deegan, which caught the eye of Dundee-Crown coach Andrew Zimmer.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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One theory for how the disease is spread is through captive cervid farms that house deer, elk, or moose in large quantities.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, thanks to efforts to reintroduce captive piping plovers into the wild and conserve their natural habitat, their local numbers have seen a resurgence.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the core disputes were left unresolved, and, in the interim, Iran gained time to rebuild its weapons arsenals and defenses, preparing for a potential wider conflict.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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The Department of Government Efficiency gained access to internal FEMA networks containing survivors’ private information.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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He was also ordered to pay nearly $111 million in restitution and forfeit roughly $17 million that the government seized from bank accounts.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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So far this year, 12 guns have been seized by Annapolis Police, according to department data.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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“Captured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captured. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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