entrap
verb (used with object)
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare.
was entrapping
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past progressiveof entrap.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was entrapping her in an increasingly popular type of financial scam, she said, one that combines the age-old allure of romance with the newer temptation of overnight cryptocurrency riches.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
Through his mind was passing the panorama of how he had delivered himself bound hand and foot to the 267 girl he thought he was entrapping.
From Little Lost Sister by Virginia Brooks
