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。The policeman got the suspect. to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to
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
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】、捉まえる【つかまえる】