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# entrap

«entrap» in Mova's school dictionary: **to catch them in a trap** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (entrap, entraps, entrapped, entrapping); noun entrapment

### meaning for a pupil

1) To entrap someone or something is to catch them in a trap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#m1)

2) To entrap someone is to trick them into doing something wrong, especially so they can be caught. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#m2)

3) (law) Entrapment is when police unfairly trick someone into committing a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Stories, nature, crime and law. Tells the reader there is a trick or trap. Phrases: entrapped by, police entrapment.

### examples

- The hunters tried to entrap the wolf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x1)
- Bubbles of air were entrapped in the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x2)
- The villain's plan was to entrap the detective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x3)
- The judge said the police had used entrapment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x4)
- Flies get entrapped in the sticky paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x5)
- He felt entrapped by his promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x6)

### note

Double p: entrapped, entrapping. Formal; everyday word is trap. Entrapment has a special legal meaning in some countries.

### In the corpora

- [Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.456/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «entrap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.