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- verb Present participle of
entrap .
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Examples
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But suppose it were De - la garde who had conceived the notion of entrapping her?
Gatlinburg 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hamptons International has been accused of "entrapping" landlords with an undisclosed commission charge.
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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
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It's a Genie Plug, shown here entrapping a genie in a wooden bottle.
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It's a Genie Plug, shown here entrapping a genie in a wooden bottle.
What Is It? Game 114 2009
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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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