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to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain
to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to
to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain
towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face
警察がとうとう犯人を捕まえました。
They caught the criminal.
駅前でタクシーを捕まえて乗ります。
I catch a taxi.
猫がネズミを素早く捕まえた。
The cat caught a mouse.