つかまえる
to arrest, to capture
The hand closes on somebody who was already halfway out of the door. His mother, and not the police, and she took つか the mare まえ off him as well: つかまえる.
掴む つかむ is getting a grip on a thing. 捕まえる is catching something that was getting away from you.
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