entrap

entrap is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.
2. verb. catch in or as if in a trap

   "The men trap foxes"

   Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap

3. verb. take or catch as if in a snare or trap

   "I was set up!"

   "The innocent man was framed by the police"

   Synonyms: ensnare, frame

Synonyms

ensnare, snare, trammel, trap, frame

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in entrap:

arpent, enrapt, panter, parent, parten, pretan, pterna, trepan

Common word forms

entraps, entrapped, entrapper, entrapment, entrapping

Words from these letters

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