Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1. 
 divide by means of a rope; 
- Example: "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred"[syn: rope in, rope off, cordon off]
2.  draw in as if with a rope;  lure; 
- Example: "The agent had roped in several customers"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rope in
    v 1: divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area
         where the crime occurred" [syn: rope in, rope off,
         cordon off]
    2: draw in as if with a rope; lure; "The agent had roped in
       several customers"