Entrap
verb
To trick someone into doing something they don't want to do.
The car dealer tried to entrap me into high rate loan.
Often appears as...
- entrap someone
- attempt to entrap
verb
To catch an animal or person by using a trap.
The victim was entrapped in a net.
Often appears as...
- entrap in a net
- entrap wildlife
verb
To cause someone to commit a crime by tricking or persuading them.
The plot was designed to entrap government officials.
Often appears as...
- entrap an official
- entrap a suspect
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To trick someone into doing something they don't want to do.
The car dealer tried to entrap me into high rate loan.
Often appears as...
- entrap someone
- attempt to entrap
verb
To catch an animal or person by using a trap.
The victim was entrapped in a net.
Often appears as...
- entrap in a net
- entrap wildlife
verb
To cause someone to commit a crime by tricking or persuading them.
The plot was designed to entrap government officials.
Often appears as...
- entrap an official
- entrap a suspect
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Connotation
Entrap suggests deceit and is generally used negatively about the person doing the entrapping.
Be wary of offers that seem too good; they can be schemes to entrap.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Physical
This use of entrap doesn't involve a physical trap, but a situation that one is tricked into.
The contract had fine print to entrap customers into extra fees.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Connotation
Entrap suggests deceit and is generally used negatively about the person doing the entrapping.
Be wary of offers that seem too good; they can be schemes to entrap.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Physical
This use of entrap doesn't involve a physical trap, but a situation that one is tricked into.
The contract had fine print to entrap customers into extra fees.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Connotation
Entrap suggests deceit and is generally used negatively about the person doing the entrapping.
Be wary of offers that seem too good; they can be schemes to entrap.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Physical
This use of entrap doesn't involve a physical trap, but a situation that one is tricked into.
The contract had fine print to entrap customers into extra fees.
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The Sea Turtles of...
pollution is a huge issue for us here in the Mediterranean. Sea turtles can get entangled in it, they can ingest it as well. The females, as they come up to nest on the beach, the plastics can get in the way as well. So there's a lot of different places that they are encountering these plastic. Another threat is hooks and sea turtles can either ingest these hooks so we can see an x-ray of a turtle here where the hook is actually in the intestinal tract of the turtle. It's made it, it's swallowed it, and it's made it all the way to the intestines. The hooks can also get entangled on their squint, their skin and their flippers. They can get entangled or entrapped in nets, so sea turtles can hold their breath for up to four hours in the water but when they're entrapped in a net, that's very, very difficult while they're fighting to hold their breath for that long. we were talking a bit before, now you were saying that the turtles, they're not leaving the harbour, is that right?
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Aparna Rao: Art that...
These figures are sort of entrapped within this very strong grid, which is like a prison, but also a fortress, because it allows them to be oblivious and naive and carefree and quite oblivious of the external world.
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Fossils 101 PIPE National...
in tree sap. The sap or resin forms a protective seal around the entrapped organism. Over time, the soft resin hardens and turns into amber with the organism suspended within.
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The Sea Turtles of...
pollution is a huge issue for us here in the Mediterranean. Sea turtles can get entangled in it, they can ingest it as well. The females, as they come up to nest on the beach, the plastics can get in the way as well. So there's a lot of different places that they are encountering these plastic. Another threat is hooks and sea turtles can either ingest these hooks so we can see an x-ray of a turtle here where the hook is actually in the intestinal tract of the turtle. It's made it, it's swallowed it, and it's made it all the way to the intestines. The hooks can also get entangled on their squint, their skin and their flippers. They can get entangled or entrapped in nets, so sea turtles can hold their breath for up to four hours in the water but when they're entrapped in a net, that's very, very difficult while they're fighting to hold their breath for that long. we were talking a bit before, now you were saying that the turtles, they're not leaving the harbour, is that right?
Video examples
Aparna Rao: Art that...
These figures are sort of entrapped within this very strong grid, which is like a prison, but also a fortress, because it allows them to be oblivious and naive and carefree and quite oblivious of the external world.
Video examples
Fossils 101 PIPE National...
in tree sap. The sap or resin forms a protective seal around the entrapped organism. Over time, the soft resin hardens and turns into amber with the organism suspended within.
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Quote examples
Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
We don't want A.I. to engage in cyberbullying, stock manipulation, or terrorist threats; we don't want the F.B.I. to release A.I. systems that entrap people into committing crimes. We don't want autonomous vehicles that drive through red lights, or worse, A.I. weapons that violate international treaties.
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Josh O'Connor
English Actor
I went from silent films to watching French new wave cinema. I became entrapped by it all. That's when I knew I wanted to do film. The moment you start looking at film from a critique point of view - there's a difference between watching a film as an audience and with a critical point of view.
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Sam Shepard
American Playwright
I'm a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to be entrapped for a certain part of time, but you know you're getting out. I'm also earning enough to keep my horses, buying some time to write.
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Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
There never yet has been a country which became powerful without knowledge. A man by his own strength alone cannot successfully combat a tiger, but by his intelligence, he can devise means to entrap him.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
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David A. Stewart
English Musician
Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard.
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Kim Edwards
American Author
I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.
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Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
We don't want A.I. to engage in cyberbullying, stock manipulation, or terrorist threats; we don't want the F.B.I. to release A.I. systems that entrap people into committing crimes. We don't want autonomous vehicles that drive through red lights, or worse, A.I. weapons that violate international treaties.
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Josh O'Connor
English Actor
I went from silent films to watching French new wave cinema. I became entrapped by it all. That's when I knew I wanted to do film. The moment you start looking at film from a critique point of view - there's a difference between watching a film as an audience and with a critical point of view.
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Sam Shepard
American Playwright
I'm a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to be entrapped for a certain part of time, but you know you're getting out. I'm also earning enough to keep my horses, buying some time to write.
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Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
There never yet has been a country which became powerful without knowledge. A man by his own strength alone cannot successfully combat a tiger, but by his intelligence, he can devise means to entrap him.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
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David A. Stewart
English Musician
Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard.
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Kim Edwards
American Author
I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.
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