ENTRAPMENT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

entrapment

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Definition of entrapment

as in entanglement

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as in arrest

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Recent Examples of entrapment Most of Harpman’s work that has so far been translated into English circles feelings of entrapment, disorientation, and exile. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide, finding that the child died from entrapment after being placed and tied inside a plastic trash bag beneath bloody paper towels and other garbage. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 The franchise launched in 1996 with a game that took players and Croft to Peru, Greece, Egypt, and the lost island of Atlantis, dodging all manner of creatures and entrapments. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 The cause of the medical issue or entrapment wasn't immediately known. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrapment

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Nearly 27% of 2025 entanglements were observed off the coast of California.

— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Today, entanglement is the foundation for quantum computing and next-generation sensors, among other applications.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of entanglement

Noun

The casing is consistent with the same caliber of weapon that Jones had in his possession when police took him into custody, a Fort Worth Police Department homicide unit detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Ormond’s lawyers asked the judge in the case to issue an arrest warrant and to hold Ovitz in contempt.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrest

Noun

Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had commented on the airport’s reported capture.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had issued an official statement on the airport’s reported capture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of capture

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No single personality type or demographic was immune to the experience of a deep enmeshment with one’s audience, and to its profound consequences for their creativity and well-being.

— Julianna Pillemer, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026
Complex, intricate, and at all times realistic and humane, Famous Men is the pinnacle of the attempt to capture this specific and yet, all too universal, formative experience of enmeshment, devotion, and ego-death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of enmeshment

Noun

Furthermore, loosening these restrictions risks igniting new supply friction.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
There have been numerous efforts to control campaign spending and the content of political ads, but like water running downhill, politicians manage to get around restrictions.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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