captured

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of capture.

   Activists captured the whole protest on their phones.

   Several rare birds were captured and tagged by the researchers.

   Note

   Capture is a regular verb, so one -ed spelling covers three jobs: the plain past (she captured the queen), the perfect (has captured), and the passive (was captured). Every meaning of capture comes with it: a piece captured in chess, a likeness captured on canvas, a sound captured for later listening. Placed before a noun, as in a captured fortress, it becomes the adjective.

2. 2
   adjective

   Taken and held by force, as a prisoner of war, a hunted animal, or seized territory.

   The captured city remained under occupation for several years.

   Reporters photographed the captured smuggler outside the courthouse.

   Similaroccupied

   Oppositefree, liberated

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