capias/ˈkapɪəs/EtymologyBorrowed from Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”), from capiō (“to seize”).capias means an arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.nounAn arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.“All which when Cupid heard, he by and by / In great displeasure wild a Capias / Should issue forth t'attach that scornefull lasse.”