Meaning & use
apprehended
Simple past tense and past participle of apprehend: arrested or caught, especially by the police.
See it in a sentence
The suspect was apprehended just blocks from the scene of the robbery.
Police apprehended the shoplifter before he could leave the parking lot.
A note on using this word
Apprehend can also mean to understand or grasp a concept mentally, a more formal, less common sense than the crime-related meaning.
Words with a similar meaning
arrestedcaptured
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Words with an opposite meaning
released
Another way to use it
2. verb
Understood or grasped a concept or idea, often with some difficulty or anxiety.
She apprehended the danger of the situation only after it was too late.
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