apprehend
a pri hend
- v get the meaning of something
- v take into custody
- v anticipate with dread or anxiety
- Hes sort of a sad guy, and hes equally saddened and angered by the bureaucratic nightmare hes dwelling in while trying to apprehend a sadistic, psychopathic serial killer.
- If there is no criminal mastermind to apprehend, how does one reduce the incidence of what some experts believe is a culture of violence and vendetta?.
- Special forces apprehend mock terrorists during an Olympic security drill at Beijing People's Police College.