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snare
A kind of trap for small animals, usually consisting of a noose which jerks tight upon the release of a spring trigger
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  1. A kind of trap for small animals, usually consisting of a noose which jerks tight upon the release of a spring trigger
  2. (Music) A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound.
  3. A snare drum
ambush
A surprise attack made by persons waiting in ambush
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  1. A surprise attack made by persons waiting in ambush
  2. The act of so lying in wait to attack
  3. Those hiding in order to attack by surprise:
inveiglement
The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; enticement; seduction.
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  1. The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; enticement; seduction.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Find another word for entrapment. In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for entrapment, like: snare, ambush, inveiglement, capture, deception, trap and trick.

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  • It feels like entrapment.

  • While he possessed knowledge of a brutal attack, if the victim, Lydia, allowed it to happen as she said, wasn't she culpable in some convoluted way for the results of her entrapment?

  • penstock access walkway to avoid entrapment when the water level is raised.

  • Boats in the lock must be kept clear of the low-side penstock access walkway to avoid entrapment when the water level is raised.

  • The terminology of ethnicity and immigration remains a quagmire of complexity and entrapment.

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