(transitive) To catch in a trap or snare. / (transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.

The state of being entrapped. / (law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrap

present participle of entrap

simple past tense and past participle of entrap

plural of entrapment

(agriculture) A condition in which a person is partially submerged in grain, most often in a silo or other grain storage structure.

plural of grain entrapment

(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrap

One who, or that which, entraps.