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
Freya Drohan,
InStyle,
30 June 2026
The exchange was captured by Redman’s body camera footage during a stop involving immigrants.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
In an interview with The New York Times, the guide reflected on how Jessie captured the impressive footage.
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Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Other monkeys, including some of the larger and more dominant macaques, had to be subdued with tranquilizer darts before they could be captured.
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Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
The shooting was captured on surveillance video, and police identified several witnesses.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
But this played out on July 31, 2024, in Pasco County, and some of the violence was captured by a cellphone.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
As Egypt moved from monarchy to revolution and the dream of Arab unity captured the attention of millions, her voice became a source of comfort, pride, and collective identity throughout the region.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
The year-old eastern imperial eagle from Serbia, started flying in August and later set off on his first migratory flight toward the Middle East, only to be captured by poachers, sold illegally and retrieved in a daring cross-border mission.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Verb
The beautiful Grace Kelly captured the world's attention and imagination (and still does) for decades, but no one was more enamored by the actress than Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
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Freya Drohan,
InStyle,
30 June 2026
The exchange was captured by Redman’s body camera footage during a stop involving immigrants.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
In an interview with The New York Times, the guide reflected on how Jessie captured the impressive footage.
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Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Other monkeys, including some of the larger and more dominant macaques, had to be subdued with tranquilizer darts before they could be captured.
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Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
The shooting was captured on surveillance video, and police identified several witnesses.
—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
But this played out on July 31, 2024, in Pasco County, and some of the violence was captured by a cellphone.
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
As Egypt moved from monarchy to revolution and the dream of Arab unity captured the attention of millions, her voice became a source of comfort, pride, and collective identity throughout the region.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
The year-old eastern imperial eagle from Serbia, started flying in August and later set off on his first migratory flight toward the Middle East, only to be captured by poachers, sold illegally and retrieved in a daring cross-border mission.
—
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captured
Adjective
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Fujimori, the daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, beat 33 other candidates in the initial vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
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Fujimori, daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, were on the runoff’s ballot after beating 33 other candidates in the vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
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His performance earned him hearty pats on the back from Counsell when he was pulled in the sixth and loud cheers from the strong Cubs contingent among the 40,193 fans at American Family Field.
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Adorni insisted the money was earned legitimately including through cryptocurrency investments.
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This is just one in a sweaty dungeon of hundreds of TikTok videos that show women being stalked, grabbed, tortured, tossed to the ground, and handcuffed by scary masked soldiers.
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Her mother asked what had just happened, and the girl related that Spencer had grabbed her.
Adjective
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On Sunday, deputies got a 911 call from a teenage girl saying she was being held captive.
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In 1839, 53 captive Mende people taken from Sierra Leone revolted aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad, diverting the ship from its original destination of Cuba toward the Northeast.
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The Royals won the first two games; the Rays were outscored 14-6 while not holding a lead once in the series.
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Haiti later won a true goal thanks to a lethal shot from Isidor.
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Transfer Josh Derry quickly caught the attention of his teammates and coaches, who raved about his explosiveness and his work ethic during spring camp.
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The vandals got to it, they’ve largely been caught and are being prosecuted.
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On many mornings, shackled migrants plead guilty to military trespass charges rather than remain jailed awaiting trial.
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Carroll made his case to the judge, gained his favor, and began his journey looking for his parents.
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In the late 1970s, Brass entered a new phase and gained fresh notoriety with cult historical-erotic films Salon Kitty (1976) and Caligula (1979) as well as The Key (1983), a free adaptation of a novel by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō.
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