entrap

Example Sentences

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The researchers did calculations to see if 'Oumuamua was big enough to store enough entrapped hydrogen, and if that could account for its peculiar acceleration.

From Salon

The men also claim they were entrapped by an undercover informant and his FBI handlers.

From Seattle Times

The men claim they were entrapped by Chappel and his FBI handlers, though Garbin, another likely witness for prosecutors, will knock that down.

From Seattle Times

It soon emerged that the F.B.I. agent had encouraged the sabotage, essentially trying to entrap Earth First! in a felony, and most of the charges were dropped.

From New York Times

Soon, she’s contriving all sorts of convoluted plans to entice the animal out of the forest and entrap it — and when she succeeds, “Wild” takes a strange, feral turn.

From New York Times