capias
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkapɪəs/
(UK)
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/ˈkapɪəs/ (UK) · /ˈkeɪ.pi.əs/ (US) · /ˈkæ.pi.əs/ (US)
Definition of capias
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
“All which when Cupid heard, he by and by / In great displeasure wild a Capias / Should issue forth t'attach that scornefull lasse.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”), from capiō (“to seize”).
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