entrap Definition
en·trap (en trap′, in-)
transitive verb -·trapped′, -·trap′·ping
- to catch in or as in a trap
- to deceive or trick into difficulty, as into incriminating oneself
Etymology: OFr entraper
entrap Related Forms
en·trap′·ment noun
entrap Synonyms
entrap
v.
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.
Browse dictionary entries near entrap
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