They were trespassing in their kingdom. The elves claimed they had attacked their feast. And when Thorin would not tell the elven king why he was there, he decided to keep him captive until he told.
Bilbo becomes very fierce when he kills the spider who was trying to capture him. This leads him to rescue the dwarves by killing many spiders and leading them away. He becomes the dwarves leader, and they follow.
the trolls capture all the dwarves but not Bilbo b/c he his smaller so he hides then the trolls argue about what to do w/ the dwarves and how to eat them then gandalf (who had left them a while ago) comes back and imitates the troll to keep them arguing until morning and they get turned to stone
The dwarves are Bilbo's friends for most of the Hobbit.
The elven king thought the dwarves were there to steal his treasures.
The movies do not tell why the Dwarves are hated in The Hobbit and The Hobbit DoS. However, it is believed that past wars and experiences are the reason the Dwarves are hated.
Three synonyms for capture are kidnap, trap, and imprison.
imprison, arrest, detain, confine, and jail
Bilbo rescues the dwarves when they are trapped in the webs of the giant spiders. He is able to avoid capture, then drives the spiders away, before cutting the dwarves free of the sticky strands.
No. The police capture and imprison those accused of violation of the law. The police are part of the Executive Branch. Even the US Marshal Service, the enforcement arm of the United States federal courts, is part of the Department of Justice within the executive Branch.
The Elven King
The goblins were not able to capture Gandalf, who killed several of them when they tried to grab him.
Bilbo kept from being captured by the Wood Elves in Mirkwood by using The Ring to turn himself invisible. He slipped in after the company of Elves that had captured the other members of The Company (namely, the twelve dwarves) as the Elves were escorting the dwarves into the Elven fortress.
The prefix of "imprison" is "im-".
They shot one squirrel. They attempted to capture a white deer. They were captured by spiders, and having escaped from them, by Elves.
Bilbo becomes very fierce when he kills the spider who was trying to capture him. This leads him to rescue the dwarves by killing many spiders and leading them away. He becomes the dwarves leader, and they follow.
The Elves felt they were being attacked and responded in kind. Since Thorin refused to tell them why he was in their realm, for fear they would want some of the treasure (he coveted the Arkenstone and feared others would try to take it), they decided to imprison him just to be safe. The Elves distrusted the Dwarves, and they had, for many years, been seen as beggars.
His shouts allow Gandalf to escape capture by the goblins. And he finds a way to get the dwarves out of the Elvin King's dungeon.