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- Dictionaryentrap/ɪnˈtrap/
verb
- 1. catch in or as in a trap: "discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife" Similar Opposite
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ENTRAP definition: 1. to cause someone to do something that they would not usually do, by unfair methods: 2. to cause…. Learn more.
The meaning of ENTRAP is to catch in or as if in a trap. How to use entrap in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Entrap.
ENTRAP meaning: 1. to cause someone to do something that they would not usually do, by unfair methods: 2. to cause…. Learn more.
Entrap definition: to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare. See examples of ENTRAP used in a sentence.
Definition of entrap verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you entrap someone, you trick or deceive them and make them believe or do something wrong. [ formal ] The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers.
If you entrap someone, you entangle or snare them, as if you'd caught them in a trap. Your family might entrap you in their elaborate summer plans, despite your wish to take a vacation all by yourself.
1. To catch in or as if in a trap. 2. 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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English entrap en‧trap / ɪnˈtræp / verb (entrapped, entrapping) [transitive] formal TRICK/DECEIVE to trap someone or something, or make it impossible for them to escape from a situation, especially by tricking them He felt that she was trying to entrap him. → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus ...
ĕn-trăp. To catch in or as in a trap. To deceive or trick into difficulty, as into incriminating oneself. To induce (someone) into performing an otherwise uncontemplated criminal act for the sole purpose of providing the basis for a prosecution.
