verhaften

German

Etymology

ver- +‎ haften

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈhaftn̩/

• Audio:

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Verb

1. to imprison, to put into confinement after judicial writ (the state of which is called Haft)

Derived terms

• Verhaftung

See also

• festnehmen (“to arrest, to detain a person”)
• in Gewahrsam nehmen (“to deprive of liberty as a measure to avert danger, to seize a person to prevent damage”)
• beschlagnahmen, in Beschlag nehmen (“to seize, to confiscate, to impound by the power of law”)
• sicherstellen (“to seize, confiscate a physical object as a measure to avert danger”)

Further reading

• “verhaften” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “verhaften” in Duden online