Synonyms for trapped

Grammar : Adj

Spell : trap

Phonetic Transcription : træp

Définition of trapped

Origin : "contrivance for catching unawares," late Old English træppe "snare, trap," from Proto-Germanic *trap- (cf. Middle Dutch trappe "trap, snare"), related to Germanic words for "stair, step, tread" (cf. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German trappe, treppe, German Treppe "step, stair"). Probably akin to Old French trape, Spanish trampa "trap, pit, snare," but the exact relationship is uncertain. The connecting notion seems to be "that on which an animal steps." Sense of "deceitful practice, trickery" is first recorded c.1400. Sense in speed trap recorded from 1906. Slang meaning "mouth" is from 1776. Trap door "door in a floor or ceiling" (often hidden and leading to a passageway or secret place) is first attested late 14c.

adj caught in a trap

Example sentences :

He had been defied, trapped, made a victim of the gang who had killed his most valued informer.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

But it is like enough that he trapped a wood-chuck now and then, or caught a white-fish with the rest.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

I'll not be trapped this way by her and let her off without a squeal.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

I might be trapped in my sleep by an induced somnambulistic conversation.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

Charlie peeped warily, was trapped at it, and opened his eyes resignedly.
Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe

If the rock flowed, any air that it trapped would be squeezed to a liquid.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

Nana began to display the sullen submissiveness of a trapped animal.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

She had trapped him neatly, as he had no doubt she well knew.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

"You were trapped from the beginning, though you didn't know it," he said.
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

These seal-creatures, strange seed of the Arctic ice, had trapped the Peary all too well.
Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter

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