Collared or collared is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "collar", meaning, informally, to arrest or to catch--
The police collared him as he tried to climb over the fence.
The principal collared the little truant as he ran down the hall.
Collared may also describe the neckband of a shirt, blouse, dress, coat, jacket, etc.--
He wore stiff-collared shirt, with a bow tie.
She wore a fur-collared coat, even in warm weather.
Collard or collard ( rhymes with collared ) means the plant eaten as a green, usually cooked--
Cook the collard greens as you would spinach.
Collard greens are a variety of kale.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The grocer collared him as he was making off with some collard greens."
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