collared

verb

Meaning

To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
To seize, capture or detain.
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
(law enforcement) To arrest.
To bind in conversation.
Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

choker(English)neckband(English)dog collar(English)pinch(English)catch(English)pick up(English)apprehension(English)nab(English)pratincole(English)peccary(English)lemming(English)falconet(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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