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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. take or catch as if in a snare or trap;
- Example: "I was set up!"
- Example: "The innocent man was framed by the police"
[syn: ensnare, entrap, frame, set up]

2. catch in or as if in a trap;
- Example: "The men trap foxes"
[syn: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ensnare \En*snare"\, v. t.
   To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ensnare
    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, entrap, frame, set up]
    2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn:
       trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel]