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en·trap

(ĕn-trăp′)

tr.v. en·trapped, en·trap·ping, en·traps

1. To catch in or as if in a trap.

a. To lure into danger, difficulty, or a compromising situation. See Synonyms at catch.

b. Law To induce (someone) into performing an otherwise uncontemplated criminal act for the sole purpose of providing the basis for a prosecution.

[French entraper, from Old French : en-, in; see en-¹ + trape, trap (of Germanic origin).]

en·trap′ment n.

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entrap

(ɪnˈtræp)

vb (tr) , -traps, -trapping or -trapped

1. to catch or snare in or as if in a trap

2. to lure or trick into danger, difficulty, or embarrassment

enˈtrapper n

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en•trap

(ɛnˈtræp)

v.t. -trapped, -trap•ping.

1. to catch in or as if in a trap; ensnare.

2. to bring unawares into difficulty or danger.

3. to lure into performing an act or making a statement that is compromising or illegal.

[1525–35; < Middle French entraper]

en•trap′ment, n.

en•trap′per, n.

entrap

Past participle: entrapped
Gerund: entrapping

Imperative
entrap
entrap

Present
I entrap
you entrap
he/she/it entraps
we entrap
you entrap
they entrap

Preterite
I entrapped
you entrapped
he/she/it entrapped
we entrapped
you entrapped
they entrapped

Present Continuous
I am entrapping
you are entrapping
he/she/it is entrapping
we are entrapping
you are entrapping
they are entrapping

Present Perfect
I have entrapped
you have entrapped
he/she/it has entrapped
we have entrapped
you have entrapped
they have entrapped

Past Continuous
I was entrapping
you were entrapping
he/she/it was entrapping
we were entrapping
you were entrapping
they were entrapping

Past Perfect
I had entrapped
you had entrapped
he/she/it had entrapped
we had entrapped
you had entrapped
they had entrapped

Future
I will entrap
you will entrap
he/she/it will entrap
we will entrap
you will entrap
they will entrap

Future Perfect
I will have entrapped
you will have entrapped
he/she/it will have entrapped
we will have entrapped
you will have entrapped
they will have entrapped

Future Continuous
I will be entrapping
you will be entrapping
he/she/it will be entrapping
we will be entrapping
you will be entrapping
they will be entrapping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been entrapping
you have been entrapping
he/she/it has been entrapping
we have been entrapping
you have been entrapping
they have been entrapping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been entrapping
you will have been entrapping
he/she/it will have been entrapping
we will have been entrapping
you will have been entrapping
they will have been entrapping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been entrapping
you had been entrapping
he/she/it had been entrapping
we had been entrapping
you had been entrapping
they had been entrapping

Conditional
I would entrap
you would entrap
he/she/it would entrap
we would entrap
you would entrap
they would entrap

Past Conditional
I would have entrapped
you would have entrapped
he/she/it would have entrapped
we would have entrapped
you would have entrapped
they would have entrapped

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Verb	1.	entrap - take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" ensnare, frame, set up cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
	2.	entrap - catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" snare, trammel, trap, ensnare hunting, hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" gin - trap with a snare; "gin game"

entrap

noun

1. trick, lure, seduce, entice, deceive, implicate, lead on, embroil, beguile, allure, entangle, ensnare, inveigle, set a trap for, enmesh She was trying to entrap him into marriage.

verb

1. catch, net, capture, trap, snare, entangle, ensnare The whale's mouth contains filters which entrap plankton.

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entrap

verb

To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping:

catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, snare, tangle, trammel, trap, web.

Translations

prendere in trappola

entrap

[ɪnˈtræp] VT → coger en una trampa (fig) → entrampar

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entrap

[ɪnˈtræp] vt

(= catch) [+ criminal] → prendre au piège

(= trick) (into committing crime) → piéger
to be entrapped → être piégé(e)
to be entrapped into doing sth → être amené(e) à faire qch par la ruse

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entrap

(= catch) → (in einer Falle) fangen

(= induce) to entrap somebody into doing something → jdn dazu verführen or verleiten, etw zu tun

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entrap

[ɪnˈtræp] vt (frm) → intrappolare

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The snaring of an innocent man, Held at compounds by the sea, A new world faced without consent, Chains entrap a spirit free, A voyage cruel; two seasons long, From coast to coast the rigging lashed, Cat o' nines would quash decent, The flesh of humans brutally thrashed, Devoid of food or sanitary, No written words describe the smell, No light pervades beneath the decks, Conditions worse than those of hell, Amoebic, scurvy, dysentery, All poor souls would be lost, Expendable cargo; a commodity, Overboard the sickly freely tossed, The trading of a human life, With thoughts and feelings just like me, Denied the rights of freedom, just, Forgiveness there can never be.

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He denied that Mr Galley had been knowingly used by police after his arrest in an attempt to entrap Mr Green.