# takedown

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,045

## Definitions
1. A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
2. 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.
3. Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.

## Etymology
Deverbal from take down.

## Common misspellings (12)
`atkedown`, `taekdown`, `takdeown`, `takeddown`, `takedonw`, `takedownn`, `takedowwn`, `takedwon`, `takeodwn`, `takkedown`, `tkaedown`, `ttakedown`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/takedown