取とり押おさえる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

seize; capture; arrest

Physically grabbing and restraining a person, often with force, such as by police or security.

• 警けい察さつは犯はん人にんを取とり押おさえた。

  The police seized the criminal.

• 警けい備び員いんが不ふ審しん者しゃを取とり押おさえる場ば面めんを目もく撃げきした。

  I witnessed a security guard subduing a suspicious person.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hold down; subdue

Pinning someone down to prevent movement, often after grabbing them. Overlaps with sense 1 but emphasizes restraint rather than capture.

• 暴あばれる患かん者じゃを看かん護ご師し数すう人にんがかりで取とり押おさえた。

  Several nurses held down the struggling patient.