Synonyms for entrapped


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-trap
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtræp

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for entrapped

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