1.
to pin down; to wrestle to the ground; to overpower
To grapple with someone and force them face-down onto the ground, holding them in place. Often used for police subduing suspects or in martial arts contexts.
犯人を組み伏せた。
He pinned the criminal down.
警察官が暴れる男を組み伏せて逮捕した。
The police officer pinned down the violent man and arrested him.
通行人が協力して逃げようとした犯人を組み伏せ、警察が到着するまで押さえていた。
Passersby cooperated to pin down the fleeing suspect and held him until the police arrived.
組み伏せる is a transitive ichidan verb. It is a compound of 組む (to grapple, to wrestle) and 伏せる (to lay face-down).
ASPECT (ている):
組み伏せている indicates the resulting state of having someone pinned down.
PARTICLE PATTERNS:
- [person]を組み伏せる (to pin someone down)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 犯人を組み伏せる (to pin down a criminal)
- 地面に組み伏せる (to wrestle to the ground)
- 取り押さえて組み伏せる (to seize and pin down)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 組み伏せる: to pin down physically by wrestling
- 取り押さえる: to apprehend, to restrain (more general)
- 押さえつける: to hold down, to press down