What is the meaning of entrap?

Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
- usage: "I was set up"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
- synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up
Catch in or as if in a trap.
- usage: "The men trap foxes"
- synonyms: trap, snare, ensnare, trammel

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