entrap

en·trap

transitive verb \in-ˈtrap, en-\

Definition of ENTRAP

1

: to catch in or as if in a trap

2

: to lure into a compromising statement or act

Examples of ENTRAP

1. We used the net to entrap a school of fish.
2. The air bubbles were entrapped in ice.
3. She felt that she was entrapped in an unhappy marriage.

Origin of ENTRAP

Middle French entraper, from en- + trape trap

First Known Use: 1534

Related to ENTRAP

Synonyms

catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entoil, entangle, mesh, net, snare, tangle, trap

Antonyms

disentangle, untangle

Related Words

bag, birdlime, capture, collar; embroil, implicate, involve, mire

Near Antonyms

detach, disengage, extricate; clear, free, liberate

See Synonym Discussion at catch

Rhymes with ENTRAP

ASCAP, backslap, backwrap, bitmap, blackcap, bootstrap, burlap, Carnap, catnap, cell sap, claptrap, death cap, death trap, dunce cap, dognap, earflap, enwrap, firetrap, foolscap, gelcap, gift wrap, gun lap, heeltap, hubcap, ice cap, jockstrap, kidnap, kneecap, lagniappe, light trap, livetrap, love tap, madcap, mantrap, mayhap, mishap, mobcap, mousetrap, mud flap, nightcap, on tap, pace lap, pinesap, rattrap, recap, redcap, remap, riprap, road map, root cap, sand trap, shiplap, shrink-wrap, skullcap, skycap, snowcap, spark gap, speed trap, steel-trap, stopgap, toe cap, unsnap, unstrap, unwrap, watch cap, whitecap, wind gap, winesap, wiretap, word wrap