entrap
verb (used with object)
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare.
entraps
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present tense formof entrap (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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When Perla rejects Ulises’ practiced advances, he enlists the aid of her put-upon niece, who longs to escape both her demanding aunt and the decaying mansion that entraps her.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel said "you cannot create a scenario that illegally entraps and puts law enforcement in harm's way."
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
This infinite circle of events and eventualities entraps us, so that within every facet of the fight over the company’s past and future ripples a sense of inevitability.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
Instead, what it shows is that rather than open doors for students, debt entraps them.
From Salon ● May 8, 2021
And Miss Ada finds it impossible to refuse these invitations; and so the district entraps her, and keeps her in it.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
