ensnare
Example Sentences
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The fake-police scam has ensnared tens of thousands of people in India, authorities say.
But an undercover DEA investigation targeting Honduras’s government, led by the agency’s elite Special Operations Division, unexpectedly ensnared the nephews.
Under Ms. Zambello’s pithy direction, those ensnared in the juggernaut can only lose.
Multilingual scripts, images of young women and timed toilet breaks: a police tour of a newly busted cyberscam operation in Cambodia on Wednesday revealed how fraudsters ensnare foreign victims online.
From Barron's
“She’s ensnared in a tangle of weeds. They’re caught within her fur, and she cannot escape, Handsome!”
From Literature
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