The money of all the world's billionaires is used to sell you on capitalism and to ensure that the laws are crafted in such a way as to entrench it.
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Entrench
//ɛnˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "entrench" (115 found)
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41 translations across 14 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- խրամապատել verb (surround with a trench)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 巩固 verb (establish financial position)
- 挖掘壕沟 verb (surround with a trench)
Czech
4 entries- obehnat zákopem verb (surround with a trench)
- usadit verb (establish financial position)
- usadit se verb (establish financial position)
- zakotvit verb (establish financial position)
Dutch
3 entries- graven verb (dig)
- ingraven verb (surround with a trench)
- zich vestigen verb (establish financial position)
French
1 entries- retrancher verb (surround with a trench)
German
4 entries- Fuß fassen verb (establish financial position)
- ausheben verb (dig)
- eingraben verb (surround with a trench)
- etablieren verb (establish financial position)
Italian
4 entries- cementare verb (establish financial position)
- consolidare verb (establish financial position)
- fortificare verb (surround with a trench)
- potenziare verb (establish financial position)
Latin
2 entries- circumfossō verb (surround with a trench)
- infossō verb (surround with a trench)
Norwegian
3 entries- befeste verb (establish financial position)
- forskanse verb (surround with a trench)
- styrke verb (establish financial position)
Portuguese
1 entries- entrincheirar verb (surround with a trench)
Russian
2 entries- окапывать verb (surround with a trench)
- окапываться verb (surround with a trench)
Slovak
1 entries- obkopať verb (surround with a trench)
Spanish
2 entries- atrincherar verb (surround with a trench)
- atrincherar verb (establish financial position)
Swedish
1 entries- befästa verb (establish financial position)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It was this very sword entrenched it.
Source: wiktionary
His face Deep scars of thunder had entrenched.
Source: wiktionary
The army entrenched its camp, or entrenched itself.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.