entrap

entrap (someone) in(to) (something)

To coerce or trick someone into doing something. I'm just worried that she's using the kids to entrap you in this marriage. No, I refuse to sign your non-disclosure agreement. You can't entrap me into silence! How did the detectives entrap the subject into confessing?

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entrap (someone) in(to) (something) with (something)

To use someone or something to coerce or trick someone into doing something. I'm worried that she's saying she's pregnant just to entrap you in this marriage. No, I refuse! You can't entrap me into silence with a non-disclosure agreement. Did the detectives entrap the subject into confessing with threats of violence?

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entrap (someone) with (something)

To use someone or something to coerce or trick someone into doing something. I'm just worried that she's entrapping you with this alleged pregnancy so that you rip up the divorce papers. You can't entrap me with a non-disclosure agreement. I refuse to sign it! Did the detectives entrap the subject with threats of violence? Why else would he have given a false confession?

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entrap

someone (in something )(with something ) Fig. to use something to deceive someone into involvement in something. The investigators entrapped Max into breaking the law with promises to buy the goods he stole. They entrapped Max into breaking the law.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.