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# entrap

verb (entrap, entraps, entrapped, entrapping); noun entrapment

«entrap» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To entrap someone or something is to catch them in a trap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#m1)
2. To entrap someone is to trick them into doing something wrong, especially so they can be caught. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#m2)
3. (law) Entrapment is when police unfairly trick someone into committing a crime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#m3)

### In the lessons

Stories, nature, crime and law. Tells the reader there is a trick or trap. Phrases: entrapped by, police entrapment.

### Examples

- The hunters tried to entrap the wolf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x1)
- Bubbles of air were entrapped in the ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x2)
- The villain's plan was to entrap the detective. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x3)
- The judge said the police had used entrapment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x4)
- Flies get entrapped in the sticky paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x5)
- He felt entrapped by his promise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/#x6)

### Note

Double p: entrapped, entrapping. Formal; everyday word is trap. Entrapment has a special legal meaning in some countries.

## In Jewish tradition

It means to catch someone in a trap or snare. In Job it is the terror that catches the wicked.

**Interpretation.** Job's friend Bildad uses it to say that the wicked are caught by their own wrongdoing. The tradition notes that Job rejects this view.

### Examples

- Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet. (Writings JOB.18.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entrap/#x1)

### Note

Double p: entrapped, entrapping. Formal; everyday word is trap. Entrapment has a special legal meaning in some countries.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entrap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entrap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entrap.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «entrap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entrap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entrap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/entrap.html) on Mova free.