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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-trap |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtræp |
Definition of entrapped
Origin :- 1530s, intrappe, from Old French entraper "trap, catch in a trap;" see en- (1) + trap (v.). Related: Entrapped; entrapping.
- verb capture, involve
- He was entrapped; not taken in open day, with a fair field before him.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
- His anger increased as he thought how he had been entrapped, like a mere child.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- The great wonder was, how Wyatt had been entrapped into such a match.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- And had he and Shad only entrapped themselves to no good end?
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- The manner in which you entrapped the Prince compels my admiration.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Maude would not be entrapped or enticed into what might lead to a discussion.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- I suspect, my young friend, the way in which you have been entrapped.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- He felt as though he had been entrapped into a damaging exposure.
- Extract from : « The Point Of Honor » by Joseph Conrad
- He saw that he had been entrapped by the very man whom he had believed to be as clay in his hands.
- Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux
- Mrs. Crowley was obliged to laugh at the neatness with which he had entrapped her.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
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