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entrap Definition

en·trap (en trap, in-)

transitive verb -·trapped, -·trap·ping

  1. to catch in or as in a trap
  2. to deceive or trick into difficulty, as into incriminating oneself

Etymology: OFr entraper

entrap Related Forms

en·trap·ment noun

entrap Synonyms

entrap

v.

  1. To catch

    ensnare, capture, trap, decoy; see ambush, catch 1, 2, entangle.

  2. To lure into difficulty

    inveigle, trick, seduce; see deceive, tempt.

entrap Usage Examples

Object

  • air: The method is intended for use with products, like emulsion paints, which may contain small bubbles of entrapped air.
  • man: Her charms, vanity and the way in which she entraps men with her beauty leaves one man dead and one hanged for murder.
  • oxide: One further experiment was carried out on a sample of entrapped tin oxide.
  • bubble: What will happen under vacuum is this: any air bubbles entrapped in undercuts or mixed into the material will expand hugely.
  • particle: It produces a floc on the upper surface of the filter bed which entraps particles.
  • people: Could it have been just to entrap people into stealing it?

Modifying Another Word

  • somehow: The inevitable suspicion arose that this might be a triple-decker CIA cake with Ian Fleming icing to somehow entrap Ramparts.
  • then: Like Delilah, she coaxed the destined cause of death from Llew and then entrapped him by enacting the conditions exactly.

Preposition: in

web: You are entrapped in a web of debt and there is no way to come out of it.

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