To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men
If you entrap someone, you trick or deceive them and make them believe or do something wrong. The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers He claimed the government had entrapped him into doing something that he would not have done otherwise. to trap someone or something, or make it impossible for them to escape from a situation, especially by tricking them