collared

Seized by police

Collared describes something fitted with or caught by a collar.

A collared shirt has a band of fabric around the neck.

A collared dog wears identification.

In wildlife contexts, collared animals wear tracking devices: collared wolves in Yellowstone.

Informally, to get collared is to be grabbed or arrested: The cops collared him outside the bar.

apprehended

arrested

Seized by authorities

seized · caught · busted · cornered · snared · trapped · grabbed · tackled · pinned · subdued

clothing

shirt

Upper body garment

  • blouseLoose-fitting upper garment
  • poloMounted mallet sport
  • dressSkirted one-piece garment

tunic · neckline · button-up · turtleneck · mandarin · sailor · lapel · henley · v-neck · collarbone

restrained

grabbed

Took suddenly by hand

buttonholed · cornered · waylaid · approached · stopped · detained · intercepted · held · pinned · gripped

animals

leashed

Fastened by cord

GPS · wildlife · dove · lizard · peccary · lemming · piping · plover · kingfisher · microchipped

Categories
Opposites
capture/apprehension

collaredescaped

Got away from confinement

freed · released · got away · eluded · at large

garment/clothing feature

collaredcollarless

Without neck trim

uncollared · open-necked · neckless

animal restraint

collareduncollared

Lacking a neck band

free-roaming · stray · feral · wild · unleashed

Phrases
Family

collar, collars, collarless, collaring, uncollared, collared dove

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G