Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Entrap \En*trap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entrapped}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Entrapping}.] [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]
   To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a
   trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses;
   to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by
   the devices of evil men.

         A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. --Shak.

   Syn: To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.

Source : WordNet®

entrap
     v 1: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!";
          "The innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: {ensnare},
           {frame}, {set up}]
     2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {trap},
         {snare}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
     [also: {entrapping}, {entrapped}]