Definitions for entrap

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entrap en·trap

Spelling: [en-trap]

IPA: /ɛnˈtræp/

Entrap is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in entrap (aenprt).

Definitions for entrap

verb (used with object)

1. to catch in or as 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.
4. to draw into contradiction or damaging admission:
5. Law. to catch by entrapment.

Origin of entrap

From the Middle French word entraper, dating back to 1525-35. See en-¹, trap¹

Examples for entrap

Of all the devices to entrap Augusta, this well-meant trick was the most enticing.

I was no stranger to the arts by which he thought to entrap myself.

He tried, in various ways, to entrap the boy, but Frank made no blunders.

So he bethought himself of a means to entrap the deer while he rested at home.

I've got some fifty Naps by me—tame elephants—that are sure to entrap others.

The “Sunday Mirror” says it was in the ‘public interest’ to entrap a Conservative MP in an elaborate sex sting.

She has been trying for a long time to entrap him, and you are helping her.

I am anxious to see the plan to entrap Chase at once set in operation.

No; you can say that you entered into the plan in order to entrap my uncle.

And now, he thought, they would try to entrap him into some damaging admission.