What is another word for entrap?
1140 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɛntɹˈap], [ ɛntɹˈap], [ ɛ_n_t_ɹ_ˈa_p]
The word "entrap" is often used to describe a situation in which someone is tricked or caught in a deceptive or dishonest way. There are a number of synonyms for this word that can convey similar meanings, including "trap," "snare," "ensnare," "ambush," and "lure." Each of these words implies a deliberate attempt to deceive or ensnare someone, and they can all be used to describe situations in which people are caught or trapped in a way that is unfair or unjust. Whether used for legal or moral contexts, these words carry similar connotations and are often used interchangeably to describe situations of deception or entrapment.
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Similar words for entrap:
- allure (verb)
- ambush (verb)
- bottle up (verb)
- cajole (verb)
- catch (verb)
- circumvent (verb)
- deceive (verb)
- defeat (verb)
- enmesh (verb)
- ensnare (verb)
- entangle (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- hook (verb)
- inveigle (verb)
- mire (verb)
- seduce (verb)
- snare (verb)
- take (verb)
- tangle (verb)
- tempt (verb)
- trap (verb)
Synonyms for Entrap:
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v.
• allure- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be witch ,
- be witched ,
- be witches ,
- be witching ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- be-witch ,
- be-witched ,
- be-witches ,
- be-witching ,
- co axed ,
- co axing ,
- co-axed ,
- co-axing ,
- de coy ,
- de coyed ,
- de coying ,
- de coys ,
- de-coy ,
- de-coyed ,
- de-coying ,
- de-coys ,
- sucking in ,
- sucks in ,
- sweep feet ,
- sweeping feet ,
- sweeping off feet ,
- sweeps feet ,
- sweeps off feet ,
- swept feet ,
- swept off feet .
- boxed in ,
- boxing in ,
- japped ,
- japping ,
- laid for ,
- laying for ,
- lays for ,
- sets trap ,
- setting trap ,
- sur prise ,
- sur prises ,
- sur prising ,
- sur rounded ,
- sur rounding ,
- sur-prise ,
- sur-prised ,
- sur-prises ,
- sur-prising ,
- sur-rounded ,
- sur-rounding .
- boxed up ,
- boxes up ,
- boxing up ,
- bring naught ,
- bringing naught ,
- bringing to naught ,
- brings naught ,
- brings to naught ,
- brought naught ,
- brought to naught ,
- cooping up ,
- coops up ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- keeping feeling inside oneself ,
- keeping secret ,
- keeps feeling inside oneself ,
- keeps secret ,
- kept feeling inside oneself ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re strict ,
- re-press ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- re-strict ,
- shuts in ,
- shutting in .
- argue in to ,
- argued in to ,
- argued into ,
- argues in to ,
- argues into ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- gat around ,
- gat next to ,
- gets around ,
- gets next to ,
- getting next to ,
- got around ,
- got next to ,
- gotten around ,
- gotten next to ,
- handed a line ,
- handed line ,
- handing a line ,
- handing line ,
- hands a line ,
- hands line ,
- in duce ,
- in duces ,
- in-duce ,
- in-duces ,
- laid it on thick ,
- laid it thick ,
- laid thick ,
- lay it thick ,
- lay thick ,
- laying it thick ,
- laying on thick ,
- laying thick ,
- lays it on thick ,
- lays it thick ,
- lays on thick ,
- lays thick ,
- made to ,
- made up to ,
- make to ,
- makes to ,
- makes up to ,
- making to ,
- making up to ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis leads ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- play to ,
- played to ,
- played up to ,
- playing to ,
- playing up to ,
- plays to ,
- plays up to ,
- rub right way ,
- rubbed right way ,
- rubbed the right way ,
- rubbing right way ,
- rubbing the right way ,
- rubs right way ,
- rubs the right way ,
- soft soaped ,
- soft soaping ,
- soft-soaps ,
- softsoap ,
- softsoaped ,
- softsoaping ,
- softsoaps ,
- spreading it on ,
- spreading on ,
- spreads it on ,
- spreads on ,
- suck to ,
- sucked to ,
- sucked up to ,
- sucking to ,
- sucking up to ,
- sucks to ,
- sucks up to ,
- sweetened up ,
- sweetening up ,
- sweetens up ,
- sweettalk ,
- works on ,
- works over ,
- wrought on ,
- wrought over .
- gat fingers on ,
- gat one fingers on ,
- gat one's fingers on ,
- gat ones fingers on ,
- get one fingers on ,
- get ones fingers on ,
- gets fingers on ,
- gets one fingers on ,
- gets one's fingers on ,
- gets ones fingers on ,
- getting fingers on ,
- getting one fingers on ,
- getting one's fingers on ,
- getting ones fingers on ,
- glommed ,
- glomming ,
- gloms ,
- got fingers on ,
- got one fingers on ,
- got one's fingers on ,
- got ones fingers on ,
- gotten fingers on ,
- gotten one fingers on ,
- gotten one's fingers on ,
- gotten ones fingers on ,
- lays hold of ,
- pounced on ,
- pounces on ,
- pouncing on ,
- prehending ,
- prehends ,
- takes hold of ,
- taking hold of ,
- took hold of .
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- de tour ,
- de toured ,
- de touring ,
- de tours ,
- de-tour ,
- de-toured ,
- de-touring ,
- de-tours ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- out flank ,
- out flanked ,
- out flanking ,
- out flanks ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-flank ,
- out-flanked ,
- out-flanking ,
- out-flanks ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- over reach ,
- over reached ,
- over reaches ,
- over reaching ,
- over-reach ,
- over-reached ,
- over-reaches ,
- over-reaching ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of .
- be tray ,
- be trays ,
- be-tray ,
- be-trays ,
- beating out of ,
- beats out of ,
- buffaloing ,
- crossed up ,
- crosses up ,
- crossing up ,
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- impose up on ,
- imposed up on ,
- imposes up on ,
- imposing up on ,
- imposing upon ,
- played joke on ,
- playing joke on ,
- plays joke on ,
- pulled fast one ,
- pulling fast one ,
- pulls fast one ,
- take cleaners ,
- takes cleaners ,
- takes for ,
- takes for ride ,
- takes to cleaners ,
- taking cleaners ,
- taking for ,
- taking to cleaners ,
- took advantage of ,
- took cleaners ,
- took for ,
- took for ride ,
- took to cleaners .
- be sting ,
- be-sting ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- finishes off ,
- finishing off ,
- out maneuvered ,
- out maneuvering ,
- out maneuvers ,
- out-maneuver ,
- out-maneuvered ,
- out-maneuvering ,
- out-maneuvers ,
- over power ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over run ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- over threw ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-powers ,
- over-running ,
- over-threw ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- prevailed over ,
- prevailing over ,
- prevails over ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re pulse ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-pulse ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- rolled back ,
- rolling back ,
- rolls back ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub jugate ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- sub-jugate ,
- sur mount ,
- sur mounted ,
- sur mounting ,
- sur mounts ,
- sur-mount ,
- sur-mounted ,
- sur-mounting ,
- sur-mounts ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- drag in to ,
- dragged in to ,
- dragged into ,
- dragging in to ,
- dragging into ,
- drags in to ,
- drags into ,
- drawing in ,
- draws in ,
- in criminate ,
- in criminates ,
- in criminating ,
- in-criminate ,
- in-criminated ,
- in-criminates ,
- in-criminating ,
- laid a trap for ,
- laid trap for ,
- lay trap for ,
- laying a trap for ,
- laying trap for ,
- lays a trap for ,
- lays trap for ,
- made party to ,
- makes party to ,
- making party to .
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- duked in ,
- dukes in ,
- duking in ,
- inter tangle ,
- inter tangled ,
- inter tangles ,
- inter tangling ,
- inter twine ,
- inter twines ,
- inter twining ,
- inter weave ,
- inter weaved ,
- inter weaves ,
- inter weaving ,
- inter wove ,
- inter woven ,
- inter-tangle ,
- inter-tangled ,
- inter-tangles ,
- inter-tangling ,
- inter-twine ,
- inter-twines ,
- inter-twining ,
- inter-weave ,
- inter-weaved ,
- inter-weaves ,
- inter-weaving ,
- inter-wove ,
- intertangled ,
- intertangles ,
- intertangling ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling .
- baffle ,
- bar ,
- block ,
- bottleneck ,
- brake ,
- bung ,
- burden ,
- check ,
- choke ,
- clog ,
- complicate ,
- congest ,
- constipate ,
- constrain ,
- counter ,
- cramp ,
- crimp ,
- cripple ,
- curb ,
- dam ,
- delay ,
- detain ,
- deter ,
- drag ,
- encumber ,
- fetter ,
- foul ,
- frustrate ,
- hamper ,
- hamstring ,
- handicap ,
- hinder ,
- impair ,
- impede ,
- inhibit ,
- interrupt ,
- jam ,
- obstruct ,
- oppose ,
- paralyze ,
- plug ,
- resist ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- snag ,
- snarl ,
- stay ,
- stop ,
- thwart .
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- slowing down ,
- slowing up ,
- slows down ,
- slows up .
- carries off ,
- carrying off ,
- carves out ,
- carving out ,
- gained possession ,
- gaining possession ,
- gains possession ,
- gat hold of ,
- gathers up ,
- gets hold of ,
- gotten hold of ,
- hauling in ,
- hauls in ,
- over take ,
- over taken ,
- over takes ,
- over taking ,
- over took ,
- over-take ,
- over-taken ,
- over-takes ,
- over-taking ,
- over-took ,
- re ached ,
- re aching ,
- re aped ,
- re-ached ,
- re-aching ,
- re-aped ,
- re-aping .
- de range ,
- de ranged ,
- de ranges ,
- de ranging ,
- de-range ,
- de-ranged ,
- de-ranges ,
- de-ranging ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- inter lace ,
- inter laced ,
- inter laces ,
- inter lacing ,
- inter lock ,
- inter locked ,
- inter locking ,
- inter locks ,
- inter twist ,
- inter twisted ,
- inter twisting ,
- inter twists ,
- inter-lace ,
- inter-laced ,
- inter-laces ,
- inter-lacing ,
- inter-lock ,
- inter-locked ,
- inter-locking ,
- inter-locks ,
- inter-twist ,
- inter-twisted ,
- inter-twisting ,
- inter-twists ,
- intertwists ,
- made a party to ,
- makes a party to ,
- making a party to ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- un balance ,
- un balances ,
- un balancing ,
- un-balance ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-balances ,
- un-balancing .
- appealing to ,
- appeals to ,
- in cite ,
- in cites ,
- in-cite ,
- in-cited ,
- made mouth water ,
- makes mouth water ,
- making mouth water ,
- pro moting ,
- pro-mote ,
- pro-motes ,
- pro-moting ,
- turn head ,
- turn one head ,
- turn ones head ,
- turned head ,
- turned one head ,
- turned one's head ,
- turned ones head ,
- turning head ,
- turning one head ,
- turning one's head ,
- turning ones head ,
- turns head ,
- turns one head ,
- turns one's head ,
- turns ones head .
Other synonyms:
- bamboozle ,
- beguile ,
- bilk ,
- diddle ,
- do out of ,
- double cross ,
- fake out ,
- finagle ,
- graft off ,
- jerk around ,
- put over ,
- swindle ,
- wangle .
- take .
- make out .
- wind up .
Other relevant words:
- By-pass ,
- Copped ,
- Enticed ,
- Entrapped ,
- Gloving ,
- Intertangle ,
- Intertwist ,
- Jollies ,
- Kinked ,
- Kinking ,
- Lassoed ,
- Lassoing ,
- Maneuvered ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Soaped ,
- Soaping ,
- allure ,
- appeal to ,
- appealed to ,
- argue into ,
- bottle up ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- cajole ,
- catch ,
- circumvent ,
- copping ,
- deceive ,
- defeat ,
- detoured ,
- detouring ,
- drag into ,
- draw in ,
- drew in ,
- duke in ,
- embroiled ,
- enchain ,
- enchained ,
- enchaining ,
- enchains ,
- enmesh ,
- enmeshed ,
- ensnare ,
- ensnarl ,
- entangle ,
- entice ,
- entices ,
- fettered ,
- get around ,
- get fingers on ,
- get hands on ,
- get next to ,
- get one's fingers on ,
- getting around ,
- glom ,
- gloved ,
- gloves ,
- hand a line ,
- hand line ,
- hang up ,
- hoodwinked ,
- hook ,
- incriminate ,
- inter-twined ,
- inter-woven ,
- intertwines ,
- intertwisted ,
- intertwisting ,
- inveigle ,
- jollied ,
- jollying ,
- laid hold of ,
- laid on thick ,
- lasso ,
- lay a trap for ,
- lay hold of ,
- lay it on thick ,
- lay on thick ,
- laying hold of ,
- laying it on thick ,
- lead on ,
- leading on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- make a party to ,
- make mouth water ,
- make party to ,
- make up to ,
- matted ,
- mire ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- out wit ,
- outwitting ,
- persuades ,
- play up to ,
- pluck ,
- pounce on ,
- prehend ,
- prehended ,
- pulling ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- rub the right way ,
- seduce ,
- set back ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slowed down ,
- slowed up ,
- snare ,
- soap ,
- soft-soap ,
- soft-soaped ,
- soft-soaping ,
- spread it on ,
- spread on ,
- steer clear of ,
- steering clear of ,
- suck in ,
- suck up to ,
- sucked in ,
- sweep off feet ,
- sweeten up ,
- take hold of ,
- tangle ,
- tangled ,
- tempt ,
- trap ,
- trip up ,
- tripped up ,
- turn one's head ,
- turning on ,
- unbalancing ,
- ward off ,
- wheedle ,
- wiled ,
- wiling ,
- win over ,
- work on ,
- work over ,
- worked on ,
- worked over ,
- working on ,
- working over .
- Suppressing ,
- box up ,
- bring to naught ,
- coop up ,
- cooped up ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- holding in ,
- holds back ,
- keep back ,
- keep feeling inside oneself ,
- keep secret ,
- keeping back ,
- keeps back ,
- kept back ,
- kept secret ,
- shut in ,
- suppress .
- Buffaloes ,
- Gouging ,
- Humbugged ,
- Humbugging ,
- beat out of ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- cross up ,
- doublecross ,
- impose upon ,
- imposed upon ,
- imposes upon ,
- play joke on ,
- pull fast one ,
- scammed ,
- scamming ,
- take for ,
- take for ride ,
- take to cleaners ,
- taking for ride .
- Parried ,
- Repulsing ,
- Shipwrecking ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- finish off ,
- finished off ,
- mow down ,
- mowed down ,
- mowing down ,
- mows down ,
- out maneuver ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- prevail over ,
- roll back ,
- scatters ,
- shipwreck ,
- shipwrecks ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- up set .
- Entoil ,
- Entrammel ,
- Forelay ,
- Hocus ,
- Illaqueate ,
- Immesh ,
- Intrap ,
- Nousel ,
- Nousle ,
- Sniggle ,
- Springe ,
- Trapan ,
- absence ,
- adorn ,
- amass ,
- ambuscade ,
- ambush ,
- arrange ,
- artifice ,
- assemble ,
- associate ,
- assuage ,
- attract ,
- bag ,
- bait ,
- bait the hook ,
- balk ,
- benet ,
- betray ,
- birdlime ,
- blemish ,
- bog down ,
- border ,
- bound ,
- bring ,
- bring about ,
- bushwhack ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- cast ,
- catch out ,
- catch up ,
- charm ,
- clutch ,
- collar ,
- come over ,
- compose ,
- confine ,
- corral ,
- couch ,
- cumber ,
- dearth ,
- deceit ,
- deception ,
- decoy ,
- defect ,
- deficiency ,
- deficit ,
- delude ,
- dissemble ,
- divert ,
- draw on ,
- draw up ,
- effect ,
- effectuate ,
- embarrass ,
- embroil ,
- enticement ,
- entwine ,
- erect ,
- establish ,
- fix ,
- flatter ,
- found ,
- frame ,
- frame in ,
- frame-up ,
- gammon ,
- gear up ,
- get stuck ,
- gin ,
- grab ,
- grip ,
- gripe ,
- guile ,
- harpoon ,
- hobble ,
- hoodwink ,
- hook in ,
- hum ,
- humbug ,
- immobilise ,
- immobilize ,
- imperfection ,
- implicate ,
- inadequacy ,
- include ,
- induce ,
- influence ,
- instal ,
- install ,
- intercept ,
- involve ,
- kidnap ,
- kill ,
- knot ,
- lack ,
- lame ,
- land ,
- launch ,
- lay ,
- lay in wait ,
- lay out ,
- lead ,
- let in ,
- lie in wait ,
- lime ,
- lumber ,
- lure ,
- lurk ,
- mesh ,
- mislead ,
- mousetrap ,
- nab ,
- nail ,
- net ,
- nick ,
- noose ,
- order ,
- pin ,
- pinch ,
- pitfall ,
- prepare ,
- press down ,
- produce ,
- prove ,
- put ,
- put in ,
- put together ,
- raise ,
- ravel ,
- reel in ,
- regulate ,
- rope ,
- ruse ,
- sack ,
- saddle with ,
- scarcity ,
- seal in ,
- seize ,
- sell ,
- set ,
- set up ,
- shackle ,
- shanghai ,
- shoot ,
- shortcoming ,
- spear ,
- stuff up ,
- sweet-talk ,
- take-in ,
- toil ,
- toll ,
- trammel ,
- trepan ,
- trifle with ,
- trip ,
- twist ,
- vamp ,
- weigh down ,
- wile ,
- wind ,
- wind-up .
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How to use "Entrap" in context?
Entrapment is defined as the ensnaring or trapping of someone by deceitful or dishonest means. In legal terms, it is the criminal offence of inducing someone else to commit a criminal act that they would not otherwise have committed. In less legal terms, it is an illegal practice of tricking someone into doing something they might not otherwise do.
The practice of entrapment can be used in law enforcement to catch criminals engaged in criminal activity. It can also be used by criminals to catch law enforcement agents in the commission of a crime.
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