/ ˌɪntəˈsept; NAmE -tərˈs-/ verb
[ vn ] 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.
► inter·cep·tion / ˌɪntəˈsepʃn; NAmE -tərˈs-/ noun [ U , C ]:
the interception of enemy radio signals
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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.