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entrap
(/E/n'tr/&/p )

verb (v)

  • take or catch as if in a snare or trap(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    ensnare, frame, set up
    source: wordnet30
  • catch in or as if in a trap(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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