entrapment

noun

Definition of entrapmentnext
1
as in entanglement

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as in arrest

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Recent Examples of entrapment Both artists, Morris points out, were working in the context of World War II, and the owl’s ability to both burrow and take flight may have appealed to feelings of entrapment and a desire to escape. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Most of Harpman’s work that has so far been translated into English circles feelings of entrapment, disorientation, and exile. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide, finding that the child died from entrapment after being placed and tied inside a plastic trash bag beneath bloody paper towels and other garbage. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 The franchise launched in 1996 with a game that took players and Croft to Peru, Greece, Egypt, and the lost island of Atlantis, dodging all manner of creatures and entrapments. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrapment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrapment
  1. entanglement
  2. arrest
  3. envelopment
  4. capture
  5. enmeshment
  6. restriction
Noun
  • According to the department, the delay is due to the number of humpback whale entanglements in 2026.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exploit phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform certain calculations in fundamentally different ways.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of entanglement
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  • Patrick Yaroch, 37, was a supervisor in the FBI's counterintelligence and espionage division until his arrest this summer.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Cops test Celsius cans to make arrest Over months of prolonged multi-turn exchanges that sometimes stayed open for weeks, ChatGPT seemingly violated its own Model Spec to help Cheryl advance the plan.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of arrest
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  • Recent acoustical changes to the ever-challenging Houston hall have even yielded more sonic presence, warmth and envelopment.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of envelopment
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  • Awards should turn on academic quality, open inquiry, and credible protections against ideological capture.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This version, made with pumpkin instead of chocolate, captures that fall pumpkin-pie-spice feeling.
    — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of capture
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  • No single personality type or demographic was immune to the experience of a deep enmeshment with one’s audience, and to its profound consequences for their creativity and well-being.
    — Julianna Pillemer, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Complex, intricate, and at all times realistic and humane, Famous Men is the pinnacle of the attempt to capture this specific and yet, all too universal, formative experience of enmeshment, devotion, and ego-death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of enmeshment
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  • The restrictions exist to grab attention, educate riders, and improve overall safety.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The measure, which would not apply to federal elections, would impose restrictions on how public money could be spent, including requiring candidates to demonstrate a base of public support.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of restriction

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