Ensnare

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  • transitive verb. To take or catch in or as if in a snare; trap. synonym: catch.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See insnare, insnarer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To catch in a snare. See insnare.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
  • verb. To entangle; to enmesh.
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  • verb. take or catch as if in a snare or trap
  • verb. catch in or as if in a trap
    • Word Usage
    "We already knew that the FBI showed up at the home of John Kinnucan, owner the independent research firm Broad Band Research, and asked him to wear a wire - in order 'ensnare' his client: SAC Capital."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cozen  deceive  delude  lead on  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adair  Aer  Altair  Astaire  Ayre  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allure  bag  bait  bait the hook  birdlime  
    variant
    insnare  
    verb-form
    ensnared  ensnares  ensnaring  
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