"Mustela noctu mures captat."

Translation: The weasel tries to grab mice at night.

[Jaikob3]

The translation of 'captat' as 'tries to grab' seems too nuanced and specific. Simply 'captures' or 'seizes' would be more suitable.

[-Copernicus-]

It actually does specifically refer to attempting to grab, not actually grabbing or capturing; that would be "capio." The translation is a little verbose, but we just don't have a single word for this in English.

[AVY70]

Not always. Several examples in the major lexica where it is used just for catching, snatching, or as one put it "to lay hold of a thing with zeal."

[SyedMoheel]

I thought it was "mustela noctu fures captat" ... XD

[TrashBab]

Would it be too much to say "hunts the mice". In general, it sounds better then "tries to grab".

[Andrew48]

Ugh, I keep getting thrown off by the audio recordings including non-existent geminate (double) consonants.