ensnare
[en-snair]
- to capture in, or involve as in, a snare: to be ensnared by lies; to ensnare birds.
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Also insnare.
Origin of ensnare
Synonyms
See more synonyms for ensnare on Thesaurus.comentrap, entangle, enmesh.
Antonyms
release.
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Examples from the Web for ensnared
Contemporary Examples
Other companies have been ensnared in similar controversies.
And, even if that could be papered over, McDonnell was ensnared in an ongoing ethics scandal that kept him off the campaign trail.
Appealing the order could have ensnared the company in an interminable appeals process, keeping its buses off the road for years.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus IndustryJim Epstein
November 2, 2013
Reinhart & Rogoff were not gripped by the pseudo-science-economics that has ensnared so many on the right.
Jill Kelley and Natalie Khawam have emerged as key players in the saga that ensnared two top American generals.
Historical Examples
What right has she to say that I ensnared Madeline's affection and all that rot?
The PortygeeJoseph Crosby Lincoln
I was ensnared by her beauty, and hadn't sense enough to see the danger.
Janet of the DunesHarriet T. Comstock
He skipped merrily off and soon had ensnared a large white owl.
Short Sketches from Oldest AmericaJohn Driggs
By her witcheries, I tell you, has ensnared him so that now he swears that he will wed her.
ElissaH. Rider Haggard
And it is the very lawfulness of these indulgences which has ensnared him.
ensnare
insnare
- to catch or trap in a snare
- to trap or gain power over someone by dishonest or underhand means
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Word Origin and History for ensnared
ensnare
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