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entrapped

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en⋅trap

  [en-trap]
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–verb (used with object), -trapped, -trap⋅ping.
1. to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare: The hunters used nets to entrap the lion.
2. to bring unawares into difficulty or danger: He entrapped himself in the web of his own lies.
3. to lure into performing an act or making a statement that is compromising or illegal.
4. to draw into contradiction or damaging admission: The questioner entrapped her into an admission of guilt.
5. Law. to catch by entrapment.
Origin:
1525–35; < MF entraper. See en- 1 , trap 1

Related forms:
en⋅trap⋅per, noun
en⋅trap⋅ping⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. capture, snare, trap.
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en·trap   (ěn-trāp')   
tr.v.   en·trapped, en·trap·ping, en·traps

  1. To catch in or as if in a trap.

    1. To lure into danger, difficulty, or a compromising situation. See Synonyms at catch.

    2. To lure into performing a previously or otherwise uncontemplated illegal act.


[French entraper, from Old French : en-, in; see en-1 + trape, trap (of Germanic origin).]
en·trap'ment n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: en·trap
Pronunciation: in-'trap
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: en·trapped; en·trap·ping
: to cause (a person) to commit a crime by means of undue persuasion, encouragement, or fraud in order to later prosecute entrap him into violating the literal terms of a criminal statute —W. Railroad LaFave and A. W. Scott, Junior>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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