ENTRAPPED

ENTRAP

trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel

(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes”

ensnare, entrap, frame, set up

(verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap; “I was set up!”; “The innocent man was framed by the police”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

entrapped

simple past tense and past participle of entrap

Source: Wiktionary


ENTRAP

En*trap", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entrapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Entrapping.] Etym: [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]

Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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