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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Since Najib's 2018 election loss, investigations under successive governments have ensnared him and his wife Rosmah Mansor.
From Barron's β Dec. 26, 2025
Mr. Giammattei remains deeply unpopular in Guatemala, where high-profile corruption investigations have ensnared the president and his inner circle.
From New York Times β Mar. 9, 2022
The shutdown appears to have ensnared Interior Department permits authorizing seismic surveys to help locate oil under the Atlantic Ocean.
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 4, 2019
The commission has worked with Guatemalan prosecutors to press a number of graft investigations that have ensnared politicians and businesspeople.
From Seattle Times β Aug. 31, 2018
It makes him the easy victim of a plot which would otherwise only have ensnared its concoctor.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various
