| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch, snare; trick |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, ambush, beguile, box in, circumvent, collar, corner*, corral*, deceive, decoy, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fool, grab, hook, inveigle, land*, mousetrap, nab, nail, net, overtake, rope in, seduce, snag, suck in, surprise, take, tangle, trammel, trip up |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | capture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catching, forceful holding |
| Synonyms: | abduction, acquirement, acquisition, apprehension, appropriating, appropriation, arrest, bag*, bust, catch, collar, commandeering, confiscation, drop*, ensnaring, fall, gaining, grab*, grasping, hit the jackpot, hook*, imprisonment, knock off, laying hold of, nab, nail, obtaining, occupation, pick up*, pinch*, pull*, run in, securing, seizing, seizure, snatching, sweep*, taking, taking captive, taking into custody, trapping, trip, winning |
| Antonyms: | freeing, letting go, liberalization, release |
| Main Entry: | deceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice of misleading |
| Synonyms: | ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, entrapping, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, overreaching, pretense, slyness, smoke and mirrors, trapping, treachery, trickery, two-facedness, two-timing, underhandedness |
| Antonyms: | frankness, honesty, openness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness |
| Main Entry: | knickknack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket; decorative piece |
| Synonyms: | bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d'art, ornament, plaything, showpiece, souvenir, thingamajig, toy, trapping, trifle, whatnot, whimsy |
| Main Entry: | hunting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the chase |
| Synonyms: | angling, big-game hunting, coursing, falconry, fishery, fishing, fowling, halieutics, hawking, shooting, sporting, stalking, the hunt, trapping, venatics, venery |
| Main Entry: | trimming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ornamentation |
| Synonyms: | accessories, accessory, adornment, decoration, embellishment, extra, extras, frill, garnish, trapping, trappings, trim, trimmings |
| Main Entry: | furnishing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | household object |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accouterment, accoutrement, appliance, appointment, chattel, décor, equipment, fitting, fixture, furniture, gear, provision, trapping |
| Main Entry: | shiftiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceit |
| Synonyms: | ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, entrapping, fraud*, fraudulence, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, overreaching, pretense, slyness, smoke and mirrors, trapping, treachery, trickery, two-facedness, two-timing, underhandedness |
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, dry gulch, ensnare, entrap, hem in, hide, hook*, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay |