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Antonyms for entrapment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : en-trap-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtræp mənt |
Definition of entrapment
Origin :- 1590s, from entrap + -ment. Criminal investigation sense first attested 1899.
- As in snare : noun trap
- As in enmeshment : noun entanglement
- As in ensnarement : noun entanglement
- As in entanglement : noun complication, predicament
- Rufus smiled sardonically as he completed the story of the entrapment.
- Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
- His entrapment by the detestable Cora is so painful that perhaps I was glad to think it also slightly incredible.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 » by Various
- An ant lion will dig an entrapment, then hiding behind a blind, await the unwary.
- Extract from : « The Land of Look Behind » by Paul Cameron Brown
- With the concurrence of the police authorities, very little was said publicly respecting my entrapment.
- Extract from : « Recollections of a Policeman » by William Russell (aka Thomas Waters)
- Somewhere among the fungi of the cliffside the huge spider who had built this web awaited the entrapment of prey.
- Extract from : « The Forgotten Planet » by Murray Leinster
Synonyms for entrapment
- affair
- allurement
- association
- bait
- booby trap
- catch
- cobweb
- come-on
- complexity
- confusion
- deception
- decoy
- difficulty
- embarrassment
- embranglement
- embroilment
- enmeshment
- ensnarement
- enticement
- entrapment
- imbroglio
- intricacy
- intrigue
- inveiglement
- involvement
- jumble
- knot
- liaison
- lure
- mesh
- mess
- mix-up
- muddle
- net
- noose
- pitfall
- quicksand
- seducement
- snare
- tangle
- temptation
- tie-up
- toil
- trap
- trick
- web
- wire
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