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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entrap \En*trap"\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: entrap v 1: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocnet man was framed by the police" [syn: {ensnare}, {frame}, {set up}] 2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {trap}, {snare}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
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