verb [VN]
1 (formal) (of the police) to catch sb and arrest them:
The police apprehended an armed suspect near the scene of the crime. * The thief was apprehended in the act of stealing a car.
2 (old-fashioned) to understand or recognize sth:
He was slow to apprehend danger.
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