intercept

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

inter·cept [intercept intercepts intercepted intercepting] BrE [ˌɪntəˈsept] NAmE [ˌɪntərˈsept] verb ~ sb/sth
to stop sb/sth that is going from one place to another from arriving
•Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel.
•The letter was intercepted.
Derived Word: ↑interception
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Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘contain between limits’ and ‘halt (an effect)’): from Latin intercept- ‘caught between’, from the verb intercipere, from inter- ‘between’ + capere ‘take’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wiretap, tap, bug, stop