1
as in tangled
to catch or hold as if in a net
an ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals
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2
as in grabbed
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand
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Recent Examples of trapped
semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In people who are in comas, the mind might be aware but trapped.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
Some even begin to feel trapped.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In the Darnytskyi district, a five-floor building was partly destroyed, and rescue teams were searching the rubble for trapped people, Tkachenko said.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
An example of that is the suggestion that certain dark matter candidates could become trapped in neutron stars, gathering and gradually annihilating each other thus heating these stellar remnants.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s because, since 2020, it has been used by the government to help house the thousands of asylum seekers who arrive each year on England’s southern coast and become trapped in administrative limbo.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
One trapped person was hospitalized after jumping into San Rafael Creek, San Rafael police Sgt.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Juno orbits Jupiter once every 33 days, and the trajectory brings the spacecraft through intense radiation belts trapped by the planet's powerful magnetic field.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
There, water to sustain such a colony may be trapped less than a foot beneath the dusty red surface.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
When it stays bunched together, moisture gets trapped in the folds, creating the perfect environment for mildew and mold growth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
It's believed that the five-year periodicity is caused by the meteoroids being trapped in a resonance with Jupiter.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
If you are trapped by moving water, move to the highest possible point and call 911 if possible.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The Voice of Hind Rajab dramatizes the final hours of a young girl trapped under fire in Gaza.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
How long is Chelsea going to be trapped in Allison’s dang house at this rate?
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
Many ask themselves why Lebanon and Syria should remain trapped in the habits of the last few decades.
—semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In people who are in comas, the mind might be aware but trapped.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
Some even begin to feel trapped.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In the Darnytskyi district, a five-floor building was partly destroyed, and rescue teams were searching the rubble for trapped people, Tkachenko said.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
An example of that is the suggestion that certain dark matter candidates could become trapped in neutron stars, gathering and gradually annihilating each other thus heating these stellar remnants.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s because, since 2020, it has been used by the government to help house the thousands of asylum seekers who arrive each year on England’s southern coast and become trapped in administrative limbo.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
One trapped person was hospitalized after jumping into San Rafael Creek, San Rafael police Sgt.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Trying to pin down what a novelist actually believes is a sure way to get trapped in a labyrinth of misreadings and fallacies.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Juno orbits Jupiter once every 33 days, and the trajectory brings the spacecraft through intense radiation belts trapped by the planet's powerful magnetic field.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
There, water to sustain such a colony may be trapped less than a foot beneath the dusty red surface.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
When it stays bunched together, moisture gets trapped in the folds, creating the perfect environment for mildew and mold growth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
It's believed that the five-year periodicity is caused by the meteoroids being trapped in a resonance with Jupiter.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
If you are trapped by moving water, move to the highest possible point and call 911 if possible.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The Voice of Hind Rajab dramatizes the final hours of a young girl trapped under fire in Gaza.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
How long is Chelsea going to be trapped in Allison’s dang house at this rate?
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapped
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Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a veteran tangled haplessly up in good intentions and a life of petty crime.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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He got tangled up in a rundown with two other future Hall of Famers, George Kell and Luis Aparicio.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One partygoer grabbed a fragrance and practically bathed in the smokey orange accords of Rendez-Vous Ivory.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Natalia’s story grabbed the attention of the public in 2019 when Indiana prosecutors leveled charges against the Barnetts for allegedly neglecting a dependent.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With Freakier Friday hitting theaters, we’re all bound to be hit by a wave of nostalgia.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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These tightly bound, spherical swarms often contain hundreds of thousands of stellar bodies and play host to some of the oldest stars in our galaxy.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In this version, Washington stars as the head of Stackin’ Records, who gets entrapped in a ransom plot.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Of those three, Turner was the only one to finish the season without being caught.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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French university Sciences Po threatened expulsion for students caught using the technology.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her mother, an enslaved woman whose name is lost to history, had been a storyteller, too, regaling the girl with folktales on the Maryland plantation where she was born in the mid-nineteenth century.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Its circling movements once provided cover for enslaved people to slip away undetected, fleeing into palenques (the free Black towns).—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Swift was initially ensnared in the fight when Baldoni filed a dueling defamation lawsuit against Lively that included claims Swift was present during a pivotal meeting at Lively’s Tribeca penthouse that involved Lively’s efforts to make changes to the movie script.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Citizens of richer countries, like South Korea, have been ensnared and tortured in Cambodia’s scam compounds, though the Cambodian National Police deny this.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In late August, footage emerged captured by a drone slamming into the 50-year-old radio telescope.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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One of the WorldView Legion satellites also captured imagery of China's ShiJian-26 satellite in June.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Trapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapped. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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