presretati

1. to intercept
   Službe bezbednosti presreću sumnjive poruke. — The security services intercept suspicious messages.
   Naš odbrambeni igrač stalno presreće njihove pasove. — Our defender keeps intercepting their passes.
2. (of a person) to waylay; to catch on the way
   Novinari su ga svakog jutra presretali ispred zgrade. — Journalists waylaid him in front of the building every morning.

The perfective is presresti; the verb is transitive: presretati koga/šta.