English dictionary

entrap

/E/n'tr/&/p/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

take or catch as if in a snare or trap

verb.social

Synonyms ensnare frame set up

Source: WordNet 3.0
catch in or as if in a trap

verb.contact

Synonyms ensnare snare trammel trap

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>entrapped</i> by the devices of evil men.

verb

Source: webster1913