Verb
verhaften
to arrest, to take into custody
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Meanings
Verb
- to arrest, to take into custody
- to stop moving and instead stick, or make or become bound (more or less literally or figuratively)
In a sentence
Die Polizei hat den Dieb verhaftet.
The police arrested the thief.
Forms
infinitive
verhaften
he/she/it
verhaftet
simple past
verhaftete
perfect
hat verhaftet
takes + Akkusativ