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entrap
Overview of verb entrap
The verb entrap has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ensnare, entrap, frame, set up -- (take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police")
2. trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel -- (catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes")
Grep of noun entrap
entrapment
Antonyms of verb entrap
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb entrap
2 senses of entrap
Sense 1
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
=> capture, catch
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb entrap
1 of 2 senses of entrap
Sense 2
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
=> gin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb entrap
2 senses of entrap
Sense 1
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sense 2
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
=> capture, catch
'Cause To' of verb entrap
Derived Forms of verb entrap
1 of 2 senses of entrap
Sense 1
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
RELATED TO>(noun) entrapment#1
=> entrapment
Domain of verb entrap
1 of 2 senses of entrap
Sense 2
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
TOPIC>(noun) hunt#8, hunting#1
Domain Terms of verb entrap
Familiarity of verb entrap
entrap used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb entrap
2 senses of entrap
Sense 1
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
EX: They want to entrap the prisoners
Sense 2
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb entrap
2 senses of entrap
Sense 1
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> betray, sell
=> cheat, chisel
=> shill
=> flim-flam, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
=> fool, gull, befool
=> cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
=> ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> humbug
Sense 2
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
> capture, catch
=> hunt, run, hunt down, track down
=> frog
=> bag
=> batfowl
=> rat
=> trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb entrap
Sense 1
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
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Sense 2
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
=> capture, catch
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Grep of verb entrap
entrap
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