ENTRAP, ENTRAPPING
ADJECTIVES
1603 ► CATCHING entrapping; deceptive, ‘catchy’
NOUNS
1605 ► ILLAQUEATION the act of catching or entangling in a noose or snare; entrapping or entangling in argument; the condition of being entangled or ensnared → obs.
VERBS
1000 ► BETRAP to catch in a trap; to entrap, to ensnare, to circumvent, to enclose → obs.
1250 ► BEGIN to entrap, to ensnare → obs.
1400 ► BETRAISE → BETRAISH to seize, entrap, ensnare the unsuspecting → obs.
1548 ► ILLAQUEATE to catch as in a noose; to ensnare, to entrap, to entangle → obs.
1571 ► BESNARE to take in a snare; to entrap
1621 ► TOIL to entrap, to entangle
1866 ► NIGGLE to ensnare, to entrap in an ambuscade → Sc. obs.
1999 ► GET ONE’S CLAWS INTO to entrap a potential marriage partner (Bk.)
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