gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
capture; looting; plundering; abduction (using violence or threats); kidnapping
drawing water from river or lake; water intake
scoring in succession (points, sets, etc.)
collection (of post from a mailbox, etc.)
fractionation; batching; isolation
capture; looting; plundering; abduction (using violence or threats); kidnapping
feeling; sensing; understanding intuitively
seizure; plunder; robbery; taking something by force
collecting; gathering; collection
interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context