to arrest/catch
piazo denotes taking hold of someone, especially seeking to place a person under arrest, and also catching fish or grasping a hand.
The prevailing use concerns taking a person into custody or attempting to do so, whether the attempt fails, an arrest is ordered, or a person is detained. In a smaller group of contexts, the term describes physical taking hold: grasping a man’s hand and catching fish.
Senses in use
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Taking a person into custody · dominant
In John 10:39 the infinitive occurs with an attempt to take Jesus, while the APB renders the clause "Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped from their hands." In Acts 12:4, the aorist active participle accompanies placing a man in prison after he has been taken; John 11:57 likewise gives orders so that people might take him into custody.
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Grasping or catching physically · occasional
In Acts 3:7, the aorist active participle is followed by raising the man up after taking him by the right hand; the APB renders the action "He took him by the right hand." In John 21:3 and John 21:10, completed aorist forms occur in the fishing scene, where the APB speaks of catching fish.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the custody contexts, the APB commonly uses "arrest" and once "seize"; in the physical contexts it uses "took" and "caught." These are verse-level renderings rather than a word-by-word alignment.