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entrap

ent·rap

UK/ɪnˈtɹæp/ US/ɪˈntræp/ rare

verb

1.

take or catch as if in a snare or trap

  • “I was set up!”
  • “The innocent man was framed by the police”
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2.

catch in or as if in a trap

  • “The men trap foxes”
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Origin

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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