Ensnare

/ɛnˈsnɛə/

Synonyms for "ensnare" (97 found)

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Noun(1 words)

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ensnare a targetensnare into a trapensnare participants in studyensnare through deceptionensnare victims

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The car dealer tried to ensnare me in extra options.

Source: tatoeba (10890854)

The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.

Source: tatoeba (11200179)

Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!

Source: wiktionary

The Geese and the Cranes fed in the same meadow. A birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.

Source: wiktionary

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