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• v  take or catch as if in a snare or trap
• v  catch in or as if in a trap

• Pierce, head of the white supremacist National Alliance, has been a pioneer in developing multi-media hooks to ensnare young people in his hate brigades.
• They would ensnare traveling peasants with promises of free meals, Guo told the Sanxiang Metropolis newspaper: "They can't get out without paying.
• Anne knew, says Greer, that London streets "were full of whores, from the sleaziest to the most glamorous," and that prostitutes might ensnare him as he passed through their red .

• entrap
• frame
• set up
• trap
• snare
• trammel

News & Articles

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• Do You Have the Energy to Survive This Skittish Market?
  With the market bouncing about like a cork in a storm, and all manner of traps waiting to ensnare it, you'd be well-advised to revisit the energy portion of your portfolio.        
  June 21, 2013 - The Motley Fool

Quotes

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• Junichiro Koizumi in The Japan Times
  Mr. Murayama said in part, "Japan, following a mistaken national policy, advanced along the road to war, only to ensnare the Japanese people in a fateful crisis, and through its colonial rule and aggression, caused tremendous damage and suffering to...
• Buck McKeon in FOXNews
  What once was a campaign promise has become a trap that will ensnare either students or taxpayers,McKeon said.
• Mel Martinez in Bizjournals.com
  There's not enough coordination between state regulators to prevent unscrupulous mortgage originators from continuing to ensnare unsuspecting people in sub-prime predatory loans,said Martinez, a member of the Senate Banking Committee and a...