ensnarement
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8.3
- noun
- /ɪnˈsneərmənt/
:
atrapamiento
- Girlfriend... ensnarement.
Examples
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The detective revealed how the clever plan led to the ensnarement of the unsuspecting victims.
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The "ensnarement" effect may be less prominent in the arrest trajectories of the general population or arrestee samples because they have lower levels of drug use and abuse than this treatment sample.
Academic text (2010) -
These are just a few of many inquiry trajectories for the gifted to follow in a quest to understand globalization while protecting themselves from ensnarement in extremist, utopian thought.
Academic text (2008) -
In terms of Odysseus's unmanned companions, this tameness matches the meaning of their ensnarement in Circe's indoor luxuries.
Academic text (1997) -
For 1940s America, the Collyers were ideal understudies in this Christian allegory, especially because of the punitive metaphorical possibilities of their deaths by self-ensnarement and starvation.
Academic text (2016) -
Her ensnarement in the deceptive scheme was unexpected, as she thought she was making a safe choice.
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The animal's ensnarement in the trap was tragic, highlighting the dangers of its habitat.
Synonyms
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3.2
The act of taking control of another person or their land by force
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8.5
A state of being controlled by fear or addiction and hard to escape
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6.6
A difficult situation that traps someone, often with lies
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6.4
The act of trapping people or animals with tricks and traps
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9.9
Shutting someone inside walls so they cannot leave
A state where something is caught in a net or tangled in lines
Being tied or locked so someone cannot move
Antonyms
How Trapped
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ensnarement breaks into three parts: en- meaning 'in', snare meaning 'a trap', and the ending -ment that makes it a thing. So ensnarement literally means the act or state of being put into a trap.