1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

   to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain

   警察が容疑者を捕まえた。

2. to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to

3. to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain

4. towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face

   as 〜をつかまえて

Also written 掴まえる【つかまえる】tsukamaeru、捉まえる【つかまえる】tsukamaeru