entrap
verb (used with object)
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare.
entrapped
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past participleof entrap.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof entrap.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
entrapverb (used with object)to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare.
Example Sentences
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Lindberg claimed he was entrapped by the commissioner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
"It's very, very concerning when you have such a volume of people entering an area and could end up being entrapped by a wildfire," Mr McMullen said.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
Consumer Product Safety Commission, users of these bed rails can become entrapped within the bed rail itself or between the product and the side of a mattress when it’s attached to a bed.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
They’re not easily entrapped, these two, and who can blame them for keeping the fruits of their painstaking labor secret?
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
Even a Negro, entrapped by ignorance and exploitation—as I had been—could, if he had the will and the love for it, learn to read and understand the world in which he lived.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
