entrap
en- + trap
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/icons/point.icon CATCH, CAPTURE, TRAP, SNARE, ENTRAP, ENSNARE, BAG mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing.
CATCH implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding.
e.g. caught the dog as it ran by
CAPTURE suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty.
e.g. capture an enemy stronghold
TRAP, SNARE, ENTRAP, ENSNARE imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor.
TRAP and SNARE apply more commonly to physical seizing.
e.g. trap animals
e.g. snared butterflies with a net
ENTRAP and ENSNARE more often are figurative.
e.g. entrapped the witness with a trick question
e.g. a sting operation that ensnared burglars
BAG implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey.
e.g. bagged a brace of pheasants
verb (entraps, entrapping, entrapped) with object
catch (someone or something) in or as in a trap:
…をわなにかける.
e.g. she was entrapped by family expectations.
trick or deceive (someone), especially by inducing them to commit a crime in order to secure their prosecution:
〖～ A into B〗 A〈人〉を計略にかけてBさせる (!Bは〖動名〗〖名詞〗)
e.g. he argued that his client had been entrapped by an undercover police officer.
DERIVATIVES
entrapper noun
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: from Old French entraper, from en- ‘in’ + trappe ‘a trap’.