entrap
pronunciation
How to pronounce entrap in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtræp]
How to pronounce entrap in American English:
US [ɪnˈtræp]
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- Verb:
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- catch in or as if in a trap
Word Origin
- entrap (v.)
- "to catch, as in a trap," 1530s, intrappe, from Old French entraper "trap, catch in a trap;" see en- (1) + trap (n.). Related: Entrapped; entrapping.
Example
- 1. Or how if the queen of the underworld knew all about the signs and had made the knight learn this name simply in order to entrap them ?
- 2. Toyota has identified floor mats that can entrap a car 's gas pedal as one cause of sudden acceleration .