Synonyms of collaring

collaring 1 of 2

noun

as in confiscation

Related Words

• confiscation
• claiming
• acquisition
• procurement
• ownership
• commandeering
• accession
• retention
• holding
• obtainment
• retaining
• proprietorship
• hands
• possession
• repossession
• control
• keeping
• power
• enjoyment
• dominion
• mastery
• command
• authority

Dissimilar Words

• relinquishment
• surrendering
• dispossession
• transferal
• nonpossession

collaring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of collar

1

as in arresting

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

the juvenile delinquent was collared for robbing houses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arresting
• seizing
• grabbing
• apprehending
• restraining
• detaining
• capturing
• nailing
• pinching
• nicking
• snatching
• committing
• trapping
• nabbing
• running in
• jailing
• catching
• busting
• pulling in
• snaring
• imprisoning
• incarcerating
• hooking
• picking up
• bagging
• confining
• handcuffing
• grappling
• holding
• landing
• binding
• snapping (up)
• getting
• locking (up)
• shackling
• interning
• jugging
• remanding
• fettering
• enchaining
• immuring
• trammeling
• manacling
• rearresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharging
• freeing
• releasing
• loosening
• springing
• emancipating
• liberating
• loosing
• unchaining
• unbinding

2

as in grabbing

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

she collared the boy before he could get into the cookie jar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbing
• catching
• snatching
• capturing
• seizing
• trapping
• getting
• snaring
• landing
• snagging
• corralling
• hooking
• bagging
• nabbing
• nailing
• netting
• grappling
• rapping
• copping
• snapping (up)
• taking hold (of)
• arresting
• nobbling
• glomming
• holding
• roping
• apprehending
• clutching
• detaining
• grasping
• securing
• lassoing
• clasping
• kidnapping
• gripping
• haltering
• gloving
• baying
• cornering
• entrapping
• abducting
• fisting
• entangling
• meshing
• ensnaring
• rending
• latching (on or onto)
• wresting
• enmeshing
• fastening (on)
• spiriting (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• freeing
• releasing
• discharging
• liberating
• dropping
• loosening
• unhanding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of collaring

Noun

Because the foxes in the Sierra Nevada are isolated from their relatives living in the Lassen Peak area, the collaring of this fox offers scientists a rare opportunity to better understand the ecology and conservation needs of this remote group. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026

Verb

At least one wolf died during a collaring operation, according to previous Bee reporting. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026

The collaring project aims to give insight into pup survival, and causes and rates of mortality. — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 1 May 2026

After seven years of trapping, swaddling, collaring and monitoring them in the Twin Cities, Miller doesn’t think his middle-school self was far off. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026

Those researchers have been collaring and tracking wolves in the region since their reintroduction. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026

Such an effort would likely require collaring individuals, as researchers currently lack basic data on the species, including their breeding habits. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025