entrapping

Example Sentences

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In dressing rooms, a size-XS shirt would go over my head instead of entrapping me like a straitjacket.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2024

Critics have accused federal agents of entrapping a group men who were down on their luck after doing prison time.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

In the stomach, germs must also overcome other deadly barriers such as digestive enzymes, entrapping mucus and the ever-watchful immune system defenses.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2023

Many pits were active over thousands of years, entrapping countless animals whose remains muddled together.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

Professional gamblers, luxuriously dressed and living like princes, frequented the steamers of those days for the purpose of entrapping and fleecing the passengers.

From Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work by Alexander, Rev. Gross