catch and release
/kætʃ ənd ɹəˈliːs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.66 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A variety of angling where the fish are released after capture, as a conservation measure.
Uncountable
noun
The immigration policy of releasing illegal immigrants while they await a hearing, rather than detaining them.
Uncountable
noun
The practice of a patent holding company buying a patent, offering a license to its members, and then selling or donating the patent after a certain period.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""That's an order. And I want you to personally go into that clubhouse over there and arrest somebody." "For what?" "Something illegal, preferably. But anything will do. Catch and release is fine. Just . . . go catch. […]"
- ""While it's catch-and-release for domestic terrorists in antifa and BLM, the people who breached the Capitol on January 6 are being abused. Some even being held for 23-hours-a-day ^([sic]) in solitary confinement," [Majorie Taylor] Greene said in May 2021."