| VERB | social | entrap, ensnare, frame, set up | take or catch as if in a snare or trap |
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| contact | entrap, trap, snare, ensnare, trammel | catch in or as if in a trap |
| Sounds | ihntrae'p | |
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| Rhymes | backslap ... zap: 45 rhymes with aep... | |
| Meaning | Take or catch as if in a snare or trap. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to entrap the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | ensnare, frame, set up | |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Spanish | acorralar, atrapar, entrampar, pillar, tender una trampa | |
| Nouns | entrapment | a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials |
| Meaning | catch in or as if in a trap. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | trap, snare, ensnare, trammel | |
| Category | hunt, hunting | The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
| Narrower | gin | trap with a snare |
| Broader | capture, catch | Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping |
| Spanish | atrapar, cazar, coger, entrampar, pescar | |
| Catalan | atrapar, travar | |
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