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  • verb Present participle of entrap.

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Examples

  • But suppose it were De - la garde who had conceived the notion of entrapping her?

    Gatlinburg 2010

  • Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon-peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer-tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of

    David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1841

  • Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon – peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer – tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of a candlestick, were among the most remarkable.

    David Copperfield 2007

  • Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon-peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer-tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of a candlestick, were among the most remarkable.

    David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

  • Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon-peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer-tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of a candlestick, were among the most remarkable.

    David Copperfield 1850

  • Hamptons International has been accused of "entrapping" landlords with an undisclosed commission charge.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • His father told the Jordan Times that his son remains innocent, and that the FBI was guilty of 'entrapping' his son.

    CBS 11 / TXA 21 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports 2009

  • It's a Genie Plug, shown here entrapping a genie in a wooden bottle.

    What Is It? Game 114 » E-Mail 2009

  • It's a Genie Plug, shown here entrapping a genie in a wooden bottle.

    What Is It? Game 114 2009

  • Naturally, Gingrich twisted reality by saying that it is the child labor laws that are "entrapping" children.

    Michael Genecin: Clashes Between the Young and Old: Newt Gingrich and the Republican Primaries Michael Genecin 2012

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