entrap

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• /ɪnˈtɹæp/
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From Middle French entrapper, entraper, from Old French entraper, antraper (“catch in a trap”), equivalent to en- + trap. Compare Middle English bitrappen, from Old English betræppan (“to catch in a trap, entrap”), from the same West Germanic source (see Modern English betrap).

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kurthoj — catch something in a trap
• Chinese Mandarin: 設陷阱捕捉 /设陷阱捕捉 (shè xiànjǐng bǔzhuō) — catch something in a trap
• Chinese Mandarin: 陷害 (xiànhài) — catch something in a trap
• Finnish: ansastaa — catch something in a trap
• Ancient Greek: παγιδεύω (pagideúō) — catch something in a trap
• Latin: illaqueō — catch something in a trap
• Māori: whakahīrau — catch something in a trap
• Occitan: atrapar — catch something in a trap
• Spanish: entrampar — catch something in a trap
• Spanish: entrampillar — catch something in a trap
• Chinese Mandarin: 引誘 /引诱 (yǐnyòu) — lure someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 誘騙 /诱骗 (yòupiàn) — lure someone
• Finnish: viekoitella — lure someone
• German: verstricken — lure someone
• German: verleiten — lure someone
• Occitan: atrapar — lure someone
• Occitan: enganar — lure someone
• Occitan: lurar — lure someone
• Spanish: entrampar — lure someone