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Catching something mid-journey, before it ever reaches the person it was meant for.
means To stop or seize someone or something while in transit, preventing it from reaching its destination.
from From Latin intercipere, to seize between, from inter (between) plus capere (to take) — literally a snatch in the middle.
Football gloryDefensive players live for intercepting enemy passes.
Math meaningWhere a line crosses an axis on graphs.
Spy stapleIntercepted signals built the wartime codebreaking industry.