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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024en•trap /ɛnˈtræp/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -trapped, -trap•ping. - to catch in or as if in a trap;
ensnare. - Lawto lure into doing something illegal.
en•trap•ment, n. [uncountable]] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•trap (en trap′),USA pronunciation v.t., -trapped, -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.
- Lawto lure into performing an act or making a statement that is compromising or illegal.
- Lawto draw into contradiction or damaging admission:The questioner entrapped her into an admission of guilt.
- Lawmakingto catch by entrapment.
- Middle French entraper. See en-1, trap1
- 1525–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged capture, snare, trap.
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