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- Dictionaryen·trap/inˈtrap/
verb
- 1. catch (someone or something) in or as in a trap: "she was entrapped by family expectations" 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.
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.
ENTRAP meaning: 1. to cause someone to do something that they would not usually do, by unfair methods: 2. to cause…. Learn more.
to bring unawares into difficulty or danger: He entrapped himself in the web of his own lies. to lure into performing an act or making a statement that is compromising or illegal. to draw into contradiction or damaging admission: The questioner entrapped her into an admission of guilt. Law. to catch by entrapment. entrap. / ɪnˈtræp / verb.
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.
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.
entrap meaning, definition, what is entrap: to trap someone or something, or make it...: Learn more.
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.
