ensnare
verb (used with object)
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare.
have ensnared
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present perfectof ensnare.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Campbell, 40 years old, is running probes—civil and criminal—that have ensnared more than 20 healthcare providers and a number of pharmaceutical companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The investigation also appears to have ensnared Abalos's successor in the powerful post of Socialist organisation secretary, Santos Cerdan.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Anti-graft investigations in China targeting the financial sector have ensnared dozens of officials and finance executives at institutions such as Everbright Securities, China Construction Bank and major bank ICBC.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
Smith has not been directly linked in the criminal cases that have ensnared her former undersheriff and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Fascinated by terror, he could not refrain from following this horrible appearance, which, as if delighted to have ensnared him, frisked away with uncouth and fiendish gambols, to the very centre of the Fairies' Chapel.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
