Synonyms of entrapping

entrapping

verb

present participle of entrap

as in trapping

to catch or hold as if in a net

a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trapping
• tangling
• ensnaring
• enmeshing
• snaring
• entangling
• involving
• meshing
• netting
• capturing
• entoiling
• ensnarling
• implicating
• catching up
• collaring
• embroiling
• miring
• bagging
• birdliming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detaching
• disengaging
• freeing
• disentangling
• untangling
• liberating
• extricating
• clearing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entrapping

Another one of the Tates’ lawyers filed a claim on Fisher’s behalf, accusing Hadley of entrapping him. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

This might not be a circumstance where the AI would shine in aiding the mental health of the user (or, on the other side of the coin, deluding them and entrapping them). — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

The vehicle caught on fire, entrapping the boy, who was pronounced dead at the scene. — Michael Guise, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

Getting young people to trust and depend on the traffickers is part of entrapping them. — Anne P. Deprince, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025

One of the most disturbing sequences on this show is Gacy luring in and entrapping 15-year-old Robert Piest (Ryker Baloun), whose disappearance is where the series starts. — Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025

That total lack of self-awareness and disregard for consequences fed right into Epstein’s warped way of entrapping others. — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025

Doing this will help lift us out of mistaken beliefs in chance and luck as forces capable of entrapping us. — Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2025