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entrapping

/en-trap/US // ɛnˈtræp //UK // (ɪnˈtræp) //

诱捕,诱使,诱导,诱捕的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    en·trapped, en·trap·ping.

    • : to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare: The hunters used nets to entrap the lion.
    • : to bring unawares into difficulty or danger: He entrapped himself in the web of his own lies.
    • : to lure into performing an act or making a statement that is compromising or illegal.
    • : to draw into contradiction or damaging admission: The questioner entrapped her into an admission of guilt.
    • : Law. to catch by entrapment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcapture, involve

Examples

  • The “Sunday Mirror” says it was in the ‘public interest’ to entrap a Conservative MP in an elaborate sex sting.

  • “The feds entrap all the damn time and cover it up one way or the other,” Strickler says.

  • The lady has come from England on purpose to entrap you; she came last night, and she stays at the Hotel du Louvre.

  • He tried, in various ways, to entrap the boy, but Frank made no blunders.

  • Suppose I should unconsciously entrap some magnificent Yankee!

  • He knows a hundred ingenious tricks to entrap the most obdurate.

  • He could never have suggested to his own wife that another man had endeavoured to entrap her into a secret correspondence.