Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entrap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entrap \En*trap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entrapped}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Entrapping}.] [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]
To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a
trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses;
to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by
the devices of evil men.
A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. --Shak.
Syn: To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entrap
v 1: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!";
"The innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: {ensnare},
{frame}, {set up}]
2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {trap},
{snare}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
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