apprehend
/ˌæprɪˈhɛnd/
verb
- To arrest or capture someone, especially by police.
- Security guards apprehended the shoplifter as he tried to leave the store.
- The police apprehended the suspect near the train station.
- The fugitive was apprehended after a two-week manhunt.
- To understand or grasp the meaning of something.
- She quickly apprehended the main points of the lecture.
- He could not apprehend why she was so upset.
- It took a while for the students to apprehend the complex theory.
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