caught

The definition of caught means taken hold of and prevented from leaving, or spotted in the act of doing something wrong.

(verb)

When you are spotted while in the process of shoplifting, this is an example of a situation where you are caught.
When you are trapped in an elevator that is broken, this is an example of a situation where you are caught in the elevator.

Caught is the past tense of catch and means that someone was trapped or something that was thrown was grabbed.

(verb)

When someone threw you a ball and you grabbed it, this is an example of a situation where you caught a ball.
When you got a fish on your rod, this is an example of a situation where you caught a fish.

See caught in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

catch

Origin: ME cahte, cauhte

See caught in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb

Past tense and past participle of catch.

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