Definition of takes:
(v) :
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(v) :
(transitive) To seize or capture.
(v) :
(transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
(v) :
(transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
(v) :
(transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
(v) :
(transitive) To exact.