COLLARING Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in confiscation

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verb

present participle of collar

as in arresting

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law the juvenile delinquent was collared for robbing houses

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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

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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 But in the practice of snaring and collaring there were dangers to both animals and humans. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaring

Noun

His lawyer Mostafa Nili told Emtedad News Agency that Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court had also issued an order for the confiscation of Panahi’s possessions and assets, and slapped him with two-year social media and travel bans.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
The investigation will extend to a digital forensic examination, the outlet reports, following the confiscation of a computer belonging to Markle Sr.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of confiscation

Verb

Ben and Victor are suspicious of Kriste for immediately grabbing her chalice.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
After a bloody skirmish with the orcs and wild men, an imposing figure arrives on horseback, grabbing one of the warriors and hurling him at Galadriel’s approaching horse.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

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This memory of the body’s muscle enacted in the gesture of cutting, moved from anger to mindfulness to mourning for all that was lost in that claiming of art.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
So, instead, Barr begins transcribing Dava’s work—but transcribing turns into editing, and editing into claiming.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of claiming

Verb

Peltola is a gun-owning, fish-catching Alaska-bush native, who has worked for mines and supports oil drilling, and is allied with the state’s largest labor unions.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
But for audiences outside North America, catching Nathan Fielder’s three-hour documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes — now expected to be a major player in awards season — has become a frustrating waiting game.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of catching

Noun

The acquisition adds expertise in developing AI systems that allow robots to understand their environments and perform physical tasks.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
State voter rolls The Elias Law Group moved to intervene in all of the DOJ’s voter data acquisition lawsuits filed against noncomplying states that refused to turn over their unredacted voter rolls.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of acquisition

Verb

Only instead of just peacefully apprehending opponents, Doncic’s super-competitive alter ego wants to smash them all under an array of increasingly rude step-back jumpers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The film cuts between Murray cautiously opening the suspicious package and FBI agents apprehending Kaczynski decades later.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

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