"ensnare" in the verb sense

1. ensnare, entrap, frame, set up

take or catch as if in a snare or trap

"I was set up!"

"The innocent man was framed by the police"

2. trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel

catch in or as if in a trap

"The men trap foxes"

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