English-Thai Dictionary

entrap

VT ทำให้ ติดกับดัก  ดัก  ensnare snare trap tam-hai-tid-kab-dak

 

entrap into

PHRV ทำให้ ติด อยู่ ใน  ทำให้ หลง อยู่ ใน  trap into tam-hai-tid-yu-nai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENTRAP

v.t.To catch as in a trap; to insnare; used chiefly or wholly in a figurative sense. To catch by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to entangle; to catch or involve in contradictions; in short, to involve in any difficulties from which an escape is not easy or possible. We are entrapped by the devices of evil men. We are sometimes entrapped in our own words.

 

ENTRAPPED

pp. Ensnared; entangled.

 

ENTRAPPING

ppr. Ensnaring; involving in difficulties.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENTRAP

En *trap ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entrapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Entrapping. ]Etym: [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]

 

Defn: To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men. A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

entrap

en trap |enˈtrap ɪnˈtræp | ▶verb ( entraps, entrapping , entrapped ) [ with obj. ] catch (someone or something ) in or as in a trap: she was entrapped by family expectations. • trick or deceive (someone ), esp. by inducing them to commit a crime in order to secure their prosecution. DERIVATIVES en trap ment noun, en trap per noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old French entraper, from en- ‘in ’ + trappe ‘a trap. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

entrap

en ¦trap |ɪnˈtrap, ɛn- | ▶verb ( entraps, entrapping, entrapped ) [ with obj. ] catch in or as in a trap: discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife. • trick (someone ) into committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution. DERIVATIVES entrapment noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old French entraper, from en- ‘in ’ + trappe ‘a trap ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

entrap

entrap verb 1 fishing lines can entrap wildlife: trap, snare, snag, ensnare, entangle, enmesh; catch, capture. 2 he was entrapped by an undercover policeman: entice, lure, inveigle; bait, decoy, trap; lead on, trick, deceive, dupe, hoodwink, sting; informal set up, frame.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

entrap

entrap verb 1 discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife: trap, snare, ensnare, entangle, enmesh; catch, capture, net, bag, hook, land. ANTONYMS release. 2 his client had been entrapped by an undercover police officer: entice, lure, tempt, inveigle; bait, decoy, lay a trap for, trap; lead on, seduce; trick, deceive, dupe, gull, hoodwink, delude; informal set up, frame; Brit. informal fit up.

 

Duden Dictionary

entrappen

ent rap pen schwaches Verb Winzersprache |entr a ppen |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « zu Rapp Beeren von den Traubenstielen vor der Kelterung abtrennen

 

French Dictionary

entrapercevoir

entrapercevoir ou entr ’apercevoir v. tr. verbe transitif Apercevoir très brièvement. : Je les ai entraperçus. apercevoir

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

entrap

en trap /ɪntrǽp /動詞 (→trap 1 )他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 …をわなにかける .2 〈人 〉を計略にかけて «…を /…するように » させる «into /into do ing » .

 

entrapment

en tr á p ment 名詞 U 〘法 〙おとり捜査 〘合法とする国もある 〙.