Collar and Hold

Collar

Collar noun - The act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law.

Usage example: when the murderer was finally apprehended, the detective who doggedly checked every single lead got credit for the collar

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Hold and collar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead the word "Collar" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: collared, collaring, collet, collaret

Hold noun - The state of being held in lawful custody.

Usage example: a suspected terrorist who was abducted at an airport and put in hold at an undisclosed location

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Collar and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collar" instead the word "Hold" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

old	old collar	old hold
long	long collar	long hold
typical	typical collar	typical hold
solid	solid collar	solid hold
Other adjectives: small, massive, large, big, huge, little, main, mental, magical.

collar power

hold power

Both Twin Peaks and Cheers used the gag in which the wearer of the collar gets hold of its control box and uses it in the mistaken belief that it will shock the other person instead of himself.

Source: Shock Collar
The Dog Bites Back: Parodied when Leo gets hold of the remote control for his shock collar... and points it at Windom Earle like a weapon, without realising that he's still wearing the shock collar himself.

Source: Series / Twin Peaks
The same does not hold true for an average white-collar office drone walking down the street holding a claymore.

Source: Guns in Church