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# apprehended

verb, past form of apprehend (apprehend, apprehends, apprehended, apprehending)

«apprehended» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Caught and arrested by police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#m1)
2. (formal, rare) Understood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in news reports and police language: the thief was apprehended. It tells the reader someone was caught. Phrases: be apprehended by police, apprehended the suspect.

### Examples

- The burglar was apprehended near the station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#x1)
- Police apprehended two suspects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#x2)
- The thief ran but was soon apprehended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#x3)
- The shoplifter was apprehended by a security guard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#x4)
- Nobody has been apprehended for the crime yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#x5)
- She slowly apprehended what had happened. (rare, formal) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/#x6)

### Note

Formal or official; everyday: caught, arrested. Noun: apprehension (also means worry or fear). Adjective: apprehensive (nervous, worried) — a common confusion.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apprehended» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apprehended» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apprehended.html) on Mova free.