verhaften
Meaning
- (ambitransitive, weak) to stop moving and instead stick, or make or become bound (more or less literally or figuratively)
- (transitive, weak) to imprison, to put into confinement after judicial writ (the state of which is called Haft) (this is the most common signification in its strict definition, of which however legal laymen may deviate to mean any kind of government arrest)
- (archaic, transitive, weak) to legally subject to eventual foreclosure
Concepts
Synonyms
gefangen nehmen
in Haft nehmen
arrestieren
habhaft werden
einkassieren
nachsitzen lassen
in Gewahrsam nehmen
dingfest machen
hochgehen lassen
hoppnehmen
auffliegen lassen
wegschließen
aus dem Verkehr ziehen
kaschen
arripieren
zu fassen kriegen
hops nehmen
am Schlaffitchen packen
Handschellen klicken lassen
vorläufig festnehmen
ein Ende machen
Einhalt gebieten
Translations
arrêter
detener
arrestare
inrekenen
prender in verzekerde bewaring nemen
tutuklamakFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
abfasse
Basel-Landschaft
phäggle
Basel-Landschaft
schnappe
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈhaftn̩/
Etymology
ver- + haften
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