Entrap
[ɪn'træp;en-] or [ɪn'træp]
Definition
(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.
Editor: Robert
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Ensnare, catch.[2]. Inveigle, seduce, allure, entice.[3]. Entangle, involve, perplex, embarrass, confound, bewilder, mystify, stagger, pose, nonplus.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENTRAMMEL]
Typist: Rebecca
Definition
v.t. to catch as in a trap: to ensnare: to entangle.—ns. Entrap′ment act of entrapping: the state of being entrapped: Entrap′per.
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Examples
- Might not her mother take advantage of Adrian's absence to urge her beyond her sufferance, perhaps to entrap her? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Do you want me then, said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry, look, to deceive and entrap you? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Do you deceive and entrap him, Estella? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yet this is not it--I do not intend to entrap you with questions--one will suffice--am I completely a wretch? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I mistrusted a design to entrap me into some admission. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Many besides her uncle asked what she meant, and whom she expected to entrap, that she was so insolently fastidious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The follies of vanity entrap them all into absurdities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She had described Mrs. Fairlie (in writing to me) as plain-looking, and as having entrapped the handsomest man in England into marrying her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Riderhood had done the deed, and entrapped her father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her entrapped hand was on the table, but she had already put her other hand behind her waist. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Veneering pervades the legislative lobbies, intent upon entrapping his fellow-legislators to dinner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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