落网 (luò wǎng) — (of a criminal) to be captured, to be arrested

Definition

Examples

• 那个通缉犯终于落网了。
  Nà ge tōng jī fàn zhōng yú luò wǎng le.
  That wanted criminal was finally captured.
• 这个团伙已经落过三次网了。
  Zhè ge tuán huǒ yǐ jīng luò guò sān cì wǎng le.
  This gang has been captured three times.
• 警方布下天罗地网，罪犯很快就落网了。
  Jǐng fāng bù xià tiān luó dì wǎng, zuì fàn hěn kuài jiù luò wǎng le.
  The police set up an inescapable dragnet, and the criminal was captured soon after.