How to say "arrest" in Japanese

• 捕まえるつかまえるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb meaning to catch, capture or seize, with 'arrest' as one of its senses. It is the everyday way to say catching a person or animal, and suits casual talk about police catching someone.
  警察けいさつが容疑者ようぎしゃを捕つかまえた。↗

  The policeman got the suspect.
• 逮捕たいほJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe standard noun (and suru verb) for a formal arrest by the authorities. When you want to say that the police arrested a suspect, this is the word you want.
  その男性だんせいはスパイとして逮捕たいほされた。↗

  The man was arrested as a spy.
• 検挙けんきょCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers arrest in the sense of cracking down on lawbreakers, often in numbers, hence its gloss 'roundup'. Used in reports of police campaigns against crime.
• 捕り物とりものCommon
  nounMeans the capture or arrest of a suspect or criminal, but it is a dated term. It is seldom the word you want today; think of period drama or old-style detective language.
• 拘置こうちCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbGlossed 'arrest', but its core senses are detention and confinement. It points to holding someone in custody rather than the act of arresting, so it is only a marginal match for 'arrest'.
  三浦みうら容疑者ようぎしゃの拘置こうち中ちゅうの過すごし方かたが明あきらかになった。↗

  It has become clear what murder-suspect Miura's jail lifestyle is like.

For the act of arresting by police use 逮捕; 検挙 suggests a roundup of offenders; 「捕まえる」 is the ordinary verb 'catch/seize'; 拘置 leans toward detention; 「捕り物」 is dated.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 捕まえるつかまえるto catch
• 逮捕たいほarrest
• 検挙けんきょarrest
• 捕り物とりものcapture (of a suspect, criminal, etc.)
• 拘置こうちdetention
• 捉えるとらえるto catch
• 捕縛ほばくarrest
• 勾引こういんarrest
• ひっ捕らえるひっとらえるto arrest
• 召し捕るめしとるto arrest
• 引致いんちarrest
• 検束けんそくarrest
• 取り押さえるとりおさえるto seize
• 絡め取るからめとるto catch and tie up
• ふん縛るふんじばるto tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape)
• 船止めふなどめembargo (on a ship)
• 縄を掛けるなわをかけるto bind (a criminal) with rope
• 縛ばくtying up
• 身柄確保みがらかくほapprehension (of a crime suspect)
• 押さえるおさえるto get a hold of
• 絡めるからめるto arrest
• パクるto arrest
• 縄目なわめarrest
• 挙げるあげるto arrest (a criminal)
• 御用ごようarrest