entrap : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: entrap	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entrap v take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" Synonym(s): ensnare, entrap, frame, set up catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" Synonym(s): trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entrap \Entrap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entrapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entrapping}.] [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.] 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. A golden mesh, to entrap* the hearts of men. --Shak. Syn: To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.