takedown

See also: take down

English

Etymology

Deverbal from take down.

Pronunciation

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Noun

takedown (plural takedowns)

1. (slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
2. (martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.
   • Takedown (grappling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
3. Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.
   • 2001, Charles H. Kennedy, An introduction to U.S. telecommunications law:

     The DMCA also gives the targets of notice-and-takedown complaints a limited opportunity to have access to their materials restored.

Translations

a taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer

• German: polizeiliche Festnahme f, Verhaftung (de) f

martial arts

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• German: Takedown m, Zubodenbringen n, zu Boden Bringen n, Flachlegen n (colloquial)
• Irish: leagan (ga)
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• Polish: rzut na matę m
• Portuguese: derrubada f, queda (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: derribe (es) m
• Swedish: fällning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

enforced removal of material

• German: zwangsweise Löschung f, zwangsweise Entfernung f

See also

• teardown

Anagrams

• downtake