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trapnoun a device or scheme for capturing another by surpriseundercover agents devised a trap to catch the counterfeiters a bear trap ambush, net, snare, web enmeshment, entanglement, entrapment, envelopmentbooby trap, catch, hazard, land mine, pitfall, snagartifice, cheat, cheating, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, ploy, ruse, subterfuge, trick a setup in which hidden attackers lie in waitan overland route to the Far East that was once notorious for the many robbers who laid traps for unsuspecting wayfarers ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, surprise(also surprize) assault, attack, charge, sallycapture, entrapment, mousetrap, snarehunting, stalking something that catches and holdsthe promotion is really just a trap to keep her from taking a new job elsewhere entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, noose, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), web knot, snarl, tanglecat's cradle, labyrinth, mazecobweb, spiderweb slangthe opening through which food passes into the body of an animalshut your trap before someone belts you one! chops, gob(chiefly British), kisser(slang), mouth, mug, piehole(slang), yap(slang) countenance, face, puss(slang), visagemuzzlejaws, mandible, maxillagullet, maw trapverbto catch or hold as if in a netan ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals catch up, enmesh(also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrap, mesh, net, snare, tangle bag, birdlime, capture, collarembroil, implicate, involve, mire disentangle, untangle detach, disengage, extricateclear, free, liberate to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forciblyfinally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand bag, capture, catch, collar, cop(slang), corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble(British slang), rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch glove, halter, lasso, ropeapprehend, arrest, detainbay, cornerclasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), securerend, wrestenmesh(also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, meshabduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off) take hold (of) miss discharge, free, liberate, releasedrop, loosen, unhand v.catch, capture, trap, snare, entrap, ensnare, bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing.catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding.caught the dog as it ran by capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty.capture an enemy stronghold trap, snare, entrap, ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor.trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing.trap animals snared butterflies with a net entrap and ensnare more often are figurative.entrapped the witness with a trick question a sting operation that ensnared burglars bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey.bagged a brace of pheasants before the 12th century |