To Be Caught
To Get Caught
intransitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means catch, so this intransitive verb version is to be caught.
This is often a literal, physical catch, but 捕まる can also be used when someone's been gotten ahold of in a figurative way, like when you've finally managed to contact them.
The reading is つか, so to remember that with to be caught, think about how you're a police officer chasing some criminals. Unfortunately, they split up into two cars (つか), meaning they can't both be caught. Guess you should have called for backup...
うちの会社のアルバイトが人をなぐって捕まってしまったんだ。
A part-time worker at my company got arrested for punching a person.
何度電話をしても出なかったけど、やっとアシュリーが捕まった。
No matter how many times I called there had been no answer, but then I finally caught Ashley.
最初スピード違反で止められたんだけど、その後飲酒運転で捕まっちゃったんだよ。
At first I was just stopped for speeding, but I ended up being caught for drunk driving.