This is the 14950th most frequent Russian word.
подловить
"Подловить" means "to catch someone off guard" or "to catch unexpectedly."
Here, the word 'подловить' means 'to catch' or 'seize an opportunity' in a figurative sense to identify or capture a specific moment.
Я смог подловить момент, когда он был один.
I managed to catch the moment when he was alone.
In this sentence, 'подловить' refers to the action of catching someone in a particular act or mistake.
Он пытался меня подловить на ошибке.
He tried to catch me making a mistake.
Here, 'подловить' is used to imply 'intercepting' or 'catching' someone directly in action.