entrapping

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verb capture, involve

noun. practice of misleading

1530s, intrappe, from Old French entraper "trap, catch in a trap;" see en- (1) + trap (v.). Related: Entrapped; entrapping.

There could be no entrapping such an animal, and the Indian did not attempt it.

The idea of entrapping her into a meeting with him is abhorrent to him.

Other methods of entrapping insects may also be pursued with success.

Some I shake so as to make sure of entrapping cold air in them.

The colonel had paused, as he perceived the completeness of the lawyer's entrapping.

The natives make holes in the ground, entrapping the ants, and use them for food.

He meditated a plan for surprising and entrapping Powhatan into his power.

She had made no plans for the entrapping of any soul, and yet she felt forlorn and wicked.

It is as if the artist had said, "Such is the devil, and this is one of his modes of entrapping his natural prey of human souls!"

When suspicion of deceit exists, there are generally various ways of entrapping the patient.