Main Entry: ²snare

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): snared; snar·ing

Date: 14th century

1 a : to capture by or as if by use of a snare b : to win or attain by artful or skillful maneuvers
2 : to entangle or hold as if in a snare <any object that snared his eye — Current Biography>

synonyms see catch

— snar·er noun