What is the difference between 捕まえられた and 捕まった?


Consider the following sentences:

> A: 私が警察に捕まえられた。
>
> B: 私が警察に捕まった。

Both mean _**I was caught by the police**_.

# Question

What is the difference between 捕まえられた and 捕まった ?




Both sentences are correct and the same in meaning, but sentence B is far more
common and sounds natural.

For some reason, some Japanese verbs intrinsically have passive meanings, and
they are used more commonly than the `transitive verb + ～れる/られる` version.

See the following question for the list of such verbs.

  * [Other uses of the particle に in お兄ちゃんには見つからない](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/30577/5010)

This question is also related: [ところを 見つかる, this was in a highly reputable
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Both sentences are correct and the same in meaning, but sentence B is far more
common and sounds natural.

For some reason, some Japanese verbs intrinsically have passive meanings, and
they are used more commonly than the `transitive verb + ～れる/られる` version.

See the following question for the list of such verbs.

  * [Other uses of the particle に in お兄ちゃんには見つからない](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/30577/5010)

This question is also related: [ところを 見つかる, this was in a highly reputable
dictionary](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/23404/5010)

