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Meaning of 'entrap' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Entrap [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'entrap' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . entrap [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
Example in sentence:
  • I was set up!;
  • The innocent man was framed by the police
Meaning (2):
- catch in or as if in a trap
Example in sentence:
  • The men trap foxes

Nearby Words:

ent- entablature entablement entackle entad entail entailed entailing entailment ental

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