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Entrap

//ɪnˈtɹæp// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To catch in a trap or snare. transitive

    "Then noble ſouldiers to intrap these theeues […] We haue our Cammels laden al with gold: Which you that be but common ſouldiers, Shall fling in euery corner of the field: And while the baſe borne Tartars take it vp, You […] Shall maſſacre those greedie minded ſlaues."

  2. 2
    catch in or as if in a trap wordnet
  3. 3
    To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act. transitive
  4. 4
    take or catch as if in a snare or trap wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French entrapper, entraper, from Old French entraper, antraper (“catch in a trap”), equivalent to en- + trap. Compare Middle English bitrappen, from Old English betræppan (“to catch in a trap, entrap”), from the same West Germanic source (see Modern English betrap).

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