collar
noun
[ ˈkɒlə ]
• the part around the neck of a shirt, blouse, jacket or coat, either upright or turned over.
• "a shirt collar"
• a connecting band or pipe in machinery.
• a piece of meat rolled up and tied.
• the part of a plant where the stem joins the roots.
collar
verb
• put a collar on (an animal).
• "the animal had been captured, collared, and released by federal researchers"
• seize or apprehend (someone).
• "police collared the culprit"
Similar:
apprehend,
arrest,
catch,
capture,
seize,
take prisoner,
take into custody,
detain,
put in jail,
throw in jail,
put behind bars,
imprison,
incarcerate,
nab,
nail,
run in,
bust,
pick up,
pull in,
haul in,
do,
feel someone's collar,
pinch,
nick,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French colier, from Latin collare ‘band for the neck, collar’, from collum ‘neck’.
