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How to pronounce entrap in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ensnare, snare, trammel, trap
Type of capture, catch
Has types gin
Type Words
Synonyms ensnare, frame, set up
Type of lead on, cozen, deceive, delude
Derivation entrapment

Examples of entrap

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Richard seems to suggest that I intended to entrap Tilton into breaking the law.
From the forbes.com
Troccoli said the FBI agents did not entrap Khalifi but made the plot possible.
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The droplets secrete only limited enzymes and serve mainly to entrap insects.
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Frankly, I don't believe you can entrap people in the manner they suggest.
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Some Ervin committee investigators, however, consider it a Colson move to entrap Dean.
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The floor mats that come in some Camrys can entrap the accelerator pedal.
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She needs time to spin her webs around those, like Maude and Mark, who would entrap her.
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Some other liners were converted to innocent-looking armed Q-ships to entrap submarines.
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She avoids reckless designs that can accidentally strangle, entrap or puncture kids at play.
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More examples
  • Ensnare: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
  • Trap: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
  • (entrapment) a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
  • In criminal law, entrapment is constituted by a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability. ...
  • (Entrapment (movie)) Entrapment is a 1999 American caper film, directed by Jon Amiel, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
  • To catch something in a trap or snare; To lure someone, either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act
  • (entrapment) The state of being entrapped; Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime; A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel
  • (Entrapment) A situation where personnel are unexpectedly caught in a fire behavior-related, life-threatening position where planned escape routes or safety zones are absent, inadequate, or compromised. An entrapment may or may not include deployment of a fire shelter for its intended purpose. ...
  • (entrapment) (I) 'The deliberate planting of apparent flaws in a system for the purpose of detecting attempted penetrations or confusing an intruder about which flaws to exploit.' [RFC2828] Deliberate planting of apparent flaws in an IS for the purpose of detecting attempted penetrations. ...