Capturing
Taking
Taking noun - The act of someone who picks up or takes something.
Both words in one sentence
- A drow invasion made a point of capturing and taking hostage every infant in the kingdom of Gradara, and when the players hesitated to respond to their terms (partly because of fear, partly because too busy backstabbing each other at the time) the babies were ALL KILLED.
- Beast Wars ended with the Maximals successfully capturing Megatron and taking him back to Cybertron, with him tied to the roof of their spaceship.
Source: Happy Ending Override -
Gummadoon's wizards cast a spell over the whole castle to stop humans from capturing it and taking Gummi technology for themselves.
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