This is the 2516th most frequent Japanese word.
取り上げる
"取り上げる" means "to take up, adopt, confiscate, or feature."
Here, '取り上げた' means to feature or cover a topic in detail, as in reporting or addressing.
新聞はその事件を詳細に取り上げた。
The newspaper covered the incident in detail.
In this context, '取り上げた' is used to mean introducing or bringing up a subject for discussion.
彼は議題としてその問題を取り上げた。
He brought up the issue as a topic of discussion.
Here, '取り上げた' conveys the act of taking or confiscating something from someone.