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entrap Definition and Meaning in English (entrap definition)

verb
Synonyms:trapensnarelure
Quick Answer • Definition

Entrap definition: To catch an animal in a trap.

Definitions of Entrap

  1. 1verb

    To catch an animal in a trap.

  2. 2verb

    To trick someone into a difficult or dangerous situation, often by making them do something illegal or wrong.

Example Sentences

“The hunter tried to entrap the deer in a net.”

“The police set a sting operation to entrap the criminals.”

“Be careful not to entrap yourself in a web of lies.”

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Inflected Word Forms

third person singularentraps
past tenseentrapped
present participleentrapping
nounentrapment
agent nounentrapper

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Entrap definition: To catch an animal in a trap.
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