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1. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap
   "The innocent man was ensnared by the police";
   - entrap, frame, set up, stitch up [Brit]
    
2. (hunting) catch in or as if in a trap
   "The men ensnare foxes";
   - trap, entrap, snare, trammel

Derived forms: ensnared, ensnares, ensnaring

Type of: capture, catch, cozen, deceive, delude, lead on