entrap Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap
ensnare; frame; set up.
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
verb catch in or as if in a trap
trammel; ensnare; snare; trap.
- The men trap foxes

Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.

imperfect & past participle Entrapped ; present participle & verbal noun Entrapping

To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.
A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.
Syn. -- To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.