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ensnare
To entangle; to enmesh.
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  1. To entangle; to enmesh.
  2. To take or catch in or as if in a snare; trap.
  3. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
capture
To effect the capture of (a subatomic particle)
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  1. To effect the capture of (a subatomic particle)
  2. To succeed in preserving in lasting form:
  3. To attract and hold:
trap
(Sports) To catch (a ball) immediately after it has hit the ground.
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  1. (Sports) To catch (a ball) immediately after it has hit the ground.
  2. To furnish with traps or a trap.
  3. To catch in a trap; ensnare.
decoy
To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
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  1. To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
  2. To act or use a decoy.
  3. To lure or be lured into a trap, danger, etc.
inveigle
To obtain by cajolery:
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  1. To obtain by cajolery:
  2. To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk:
  3. To lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing or giving something, going somewhere, etc.
trick
To deceive or swindle
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  1. To deceive or swindle
  2. To cheat or deceive or to practice trickery or deception.
seduce
To persuade to do something disloyal, disobedient, etc.
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  1. To persuade to do something disloyal, disobedient, etc.
  2. To induce (someone) to engage in sexual activity, as by flirting or persuasion.
  3. To attract or lead (someone) away from proper behavior or thinking:
catch
To go to see (a performance, for example):
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  1. To go to see (a performance, for example):
  2. (--- Informal) To manage to see, hear, find, etc.
  3. To get and hold (something that has been in motion) in a hand, the hands, a container, or an implement:
enmesh
To entangle or catch in or as if in a mesh.
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  1. To entangle or catch in or as if in a mesh.
  2. To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh or net like manner.
  3. To catch in or as in the meshes of a net; entangle
ensnare
To entangle; to enmesh.
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  1. To entangle; to enmesh.
  2. To take or catch in or as if in a snare; trap.
  3. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
ensnarl
To entangle in or as if in a snarl:
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  1. To entangle in or as if in a snarl:
  2. To entangle; to trap.
  3. To draw into a snarl or tangle
snare
To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
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  1. To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
  2. To get hold or control of (something difficult to catch):
  3. To catch in a trap or snare
tangle
To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage:
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  1. To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage:
  2. To catch or ensnare in an intertwined or confused mass:
  3. To catch in or as in a net or snare; trap
trammel
To confine, restrain, or shackle
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  1. To confine, restrain, or shackle
  2. To enmesh in a fishing net.
  3. To hinder the activity or free movement of.
trap
To catch in a trap; ensnare.
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  1. To catch in a trap; ensnare.
  2. To deceive or trick by means of a scheme or plan.
  3. To prevent from escaping or getting free:
web
A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes in certain animals, especially ones that swim, such as water birds and otters. The web improves the ability of the foot to push against water.
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  1. A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes in certain animals, especially ones that swim, such as water birds and otters. The web improves the ability of the foot to push against water.
  2. The World Wide Web.
  3. To catch or snare in or as in a web
Find another word for entrap. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for entrap, like: ensnare, capture, trap, decoy, inveigle, trick, seduce, ambush, catch, entangle and deceive.

Sentence Examples

  • Certainly no plot was laid by James to entrap the Ruthvens, and the only question is, was the brawl in which they fell accidental, or had a plot hatched in deep secrecy been frustrated by unexpected circumstances?

  • In January 1781 Cornwallis and Tarleton attempted to entrap him, but at the Cowpens (Jan.

  • They therefore sent a joint deputation of Pharisees and Herodians to entrap Him with a question as to the Roman tribute, in answering which He must either lose His influence with the people or else lay Himself open to a charge of treason.

  • A treaty projected on the news of the massacre of St Bartholomew, by which Mary should be sent back to Scotland for immediate execution, was broken off by the death of the earl of Mar, who had succeeded Lennox as regent; nor was it found possible to come to acceptable terms on a like understanding with his successor Morton, who in 1577 sent a proposal to Mary for her restoration, which she declined, in suspicion of a plot laid to entrap her by the policy of Sir Francis Walsingham, the most unscrupulously patriotic of her English enemies, who four years afterwards sent word to Scotland that the execution of Morton, so long the ally of England, would be answered by the execution of Mary.

  • Metternich was anxious to secure an apparent unanimity of the powers to back the Austrian intervention in Naples, and every device was used to entrap the English representative into subscribing a formula which would have seemed to commit Great Britain to the principles of the other allies.

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