捉 Stroke Order

to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)

to tease

to catch / to seize / to capture

to arrest / to catch a criminal

capture alive / catch alive

to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto

to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp

to play hide-and-seek

lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet

lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence

subtle / elusive / intangible / uncanny / unpredictable

elusive / unpredictable / guessed what was happening but did not know what was really taking place. / difficult to ascertain

to bring to justice

to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target / a turkey shoot

lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others

To catch a thief you must find the stolen goods.