- Arrest and roughly put in care - Colonise - Take prisoner - Taking by force - The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property - The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by
superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel,
or a criminal. - The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the
power of some attraction.
- Prisoner - A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy,
in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another. - One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection;
one who is captivated. - Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in
confinement. - Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. - Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to
confine; as, captive chains; captive hours. - To take prisoner; to capture.
- Bewitch - Enslave - Hold spellbound - To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. - To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or
attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony;
the orator captivated all hearts. - Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.
- A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take
sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let
him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. - Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance
at a day. - To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or
mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.