2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, inThe Guardian[1]:
Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isiscaptured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
[…]I said it was because Tillerson hadn't filled the subordinate ranks with appointees who would advance the Administration's policies and that he had, in effect, beencaptured by the careerists.
2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, inRail, page58:
Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quicklycaptured all locally generated business.
The paintings in the gallery reallycaptured my imagination.
(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
Shecaptured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
Shecaptured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
2006,Michael Grecco,Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books,→ISBN, page86:
Ultimately, whether you want to shoot digital or film, the object is to give the client what they want and tocapture the image you want, the way you want it to look.
His film adaptationcaptured the spirit of the original work.
In her latest masterpiece, shecaptured the essence of Venice.
2015, Alison Matthews David,Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present,→ISBN, page86:
Winterhalter was gifted atcapturing the luxurious fabrics and hairstyles of female royalty and he was commissioned to paint portraits of the continental Empresses Eugénie of France and Elizabeth of Austria.
