entrapverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈtræp/us/ɪnˈtræp/-pp- formalto cause someone to do something that they would not usually do, by unfair methods:
I firmly believe my son has been entrapped by this cult.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- cloak-and-dagger
- conspiratorial
- conspire
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- honey trap
- plot
- plotter
- put-up job
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
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