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Meanings of entrap in inglés

catalán
travar
español
pescar

Catch in or as if in a trap.

        pescar
        español
        pillar

        Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.

              pillar
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              Examples for "frame"
              Examples for "frame"
              1
              Consumers have started the new year in a positive frame of mind.
              Radio NZ
              2
              No time frame was given but experts said it could take months.
              The Guardian
              3
              We know the answer, the question is merely around the time frame.
              The Irish Times
              4
              Coping in the case of COVID means identifying a short time frame.
              The new yorker
              5
              It will by supported by the EU's fifth frame work research programme.
              The Irish Times
              1
              He will 'attempt' to set up a 'committee' to 'study' the matter.
              Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
              2
              I think the way the golf course is set up is great.
              The Guardian
              3
              He wants to leave Europe, set up people's tribunals, halve public employees.
              Reuters
              4
              To end the crisis, they agreed to set up a power-sharing government.
              Reuters
              5
              It has also set up military courts to handle national security cases.
              Reuters
              Usage of entrap in inglés
              1
              He accuses the US law enforcement agency of trying to entrap him.
              The Guardian
              2
              So there I was, sitting outside his house, waiting to entrap him.
              The new yorker
              3
              She was not prepared to betray the one, and entrap the other.
              "My Novel" — Volume 10
              4
              She would weave her web right skilfully to entrap his unsuspecting steps.
              The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
              5
              We left Lafayette at Williamsburg, disappointed at the failure to entrap Arnold.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 / A Magazine...
              6
              We never know what device these rascals may adopt to entrap us.
              The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
              7
              To hear others lying, denotes that they are seeking to entrap you.
              Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
              8
              The Indians of the Orinoco also entrap fish in other ways.
              The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
              9
              Resent the people trying to entrap your body and it can be destroyed.
              Ebony
              10
              You may trust me: I am not trying to entrap you.
              The Blue Fairy Book
              11
              There goes the exquisitely pretty young maiden Florrel to entrap her first lover.
              The evolutionary void
              12
              The Evil One is lying in wait, ready to entrap you.
              Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
              13
              He knows a hundred ingenious tricks to entrap the most obdurate.
              Amphitryon
              14
              He's actually using a missile launcher to try to entrap the bad guys.
              Reuters
              15
              He made no plans to encourage himself, nor schemes to entrap the girl.
              The Devil's Pool
              16
              There was not an Englishman of them all cunning enough to entrap him.
              The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
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              Translations for entrap
              catalán
              travar
              Entrap through the time
              Entrap across language varieties
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