ensnared; ensnaring; ensnares
: to take in or as if in a snare
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Examples of ensnare in a Sentence
The animals got ensnared in the net.
The police successfully ensnared the burglar.
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State of play: In the final days before Nov. 5, mail-in voting continues to be ensnared in legal battles across the country.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
And, more than ever, there are too many District Attorneys who can’t wait to ensnare artists in their next gang indictment.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
The director's longtime collaborator Song Kang-ho stars as the proprietor of a small snack shop who — along with his eccentric family — becomes ensnared in an international cover-up when his daughter (Go Ah-sung) is snatched by a monstrous fish creature on the banks of the Han River in Seoul.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Of particular concern has been how the case ensnared banks including Citigroup Inc., Standard Chartered Plc and DBS Group Holdings Ltd., and how the launderers managed to spend billions on assets including luxury property, handbags and gold bars.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 4 Oct. 2024
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
And, more than ever, there are too many District Attorneys who can’t wait to ensnare artists in their next gang indictment.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
The director's longtime collaborator Song Kang-ho stars as the proprietor of a small snack shop who — along with his eccentric family — becomes ensnared in an international cover-up when his daughter (Go Ah-sung) is snatched by a monstrous fish creature on the banks of the Han River in Seoul.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Of particular concern has been how the case ensnared banks including Citigroup Inc., Standard Chartered Plc and DBS Group Holdings Ltd., and how the launderers managed to spend billions on assets including luxury property, handbags and gold bars.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Ensnare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ensnare. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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ensnare
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en·snare
in-ˈsna(ə)r 
-ˈsne(ə)r
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