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All entrap synonyms

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verb entrap

  • trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
  • ensnare — Catch in or as in a trap.
  • lure — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
  • capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • trap — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
  • catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
  • entangle — Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
  • decoy — If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
  • inveigle — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
  • involve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • enmesh — Cause to become entangled in something.
  • entice — Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
  • implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
  • seduce — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
  • allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
  • bag — A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
  • beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
  • embroil — Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
  • hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • net — net income, profit, or the like.
  • snare — one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
  • tempt — to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
  • benet — to trap (something) in a net
  • lay for — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • rope in — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
  • set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
  • suck in — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
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