Reverse Dictionary: CAPTURE

ADJECTIVES
1901 ► TAKEFUL capturing, arresting → Eng. dial.
1920 ► IN THE RANK captured while committing a crime → US criminals’ sl.
1950 ► DEAD captured, arrested; finished; lost → sl.

NOUNS
1382 ► CAPTION capture, seizure, a taking, a catching → rare
1400 ► FANG a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip → obs.
1819 ► INTAKE capture, seizure → Sc. obs.
1990 ► APPLE CUCUMBER a ploy to capture or kill one’s target by using a friend to get close to the target’s friend, which will eventually bring the target into view Aust. criminals’ sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1300 ► FANGER a person who captures or catches → obs.

VERBS
– to attempt to capture, assault, or seduce someone TAKE A RUN AT SOMEONE 20C US sl.
– to capture a city; to seize lands or possessions FANG 1016 obs.
– to capture a town, castle, ship, country, etc.; to take forcible possession of CATCH c1205 obs.
– to capture or catch a person unawares; to apprehend and arrest; to catch, in the sense of to hit NAB 1686 UK criminals’ sl.
– to capture, to arrest TAKE TO Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to capture, to catch, to catch out COB E19 sl.
– to capture, to catch, to pounce upon HAWK 1806 Amer. dial.
– to capture; to catch; children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails CAST SALT ON THE TAIL OF 1664;  LAY SALT ON THE TAIL OF 1580;  PUT SALT ON THE TAIL OF 1893 
– to capture; to make captive, to take prisoner CAPTIVATE c1555 obs. or arch.
– to capture, to overtake, to recover BETAKE 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to capture, to take prisoner BAG 1861 military sl.
– to capture, to take prisoner, to conquer in war TAKE IN 1387 obs.
– to capture; to take with force; to seize upon a person or his goods LATCH c950 obs.