capture

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
capture/ˈkaptʃə(r)/

▶verb

• 1 take into one's possession or control by force.

  ■ (in chess and other board games) make a move that secures the removal of (an opposing piece).

• 2 record or express accurately in words or pictures.

• 3 cause (data) to be stored in a computer.

• 4 Physics absorb (a particle).

▶noun the action of capturing or the fact of being captured.

■ a person or thing that has been captured.

– derivatives
capturer noun.

– origin C16 (as n.): from Fr., from L. captura, from capt-, capere ‘seize, take’.