entrapment

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noun trap

noun. entanglement

noun. entanglement

noun. complication, predicament

noun. trap

1590s, from entrap + -ment. Criminal investigation sense first attested 1899.

Rufus smiled sardonically as he completed the story of the entrapment.

His entrapment by the detestable Cora is so painful that perhaps I was glad to think it also slightly incredible.

An ant lion will dig an entrapment, then hiding behind a blind, await the unwary.

With the concurrence of the police authorities, very little was said publicly respecting my entrapment.

Somewhere among the fungi of the cliffside the huge spider who had built this web awaited the entrapment of prey.