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ensnare verb allure, ambuscade, ambush, bait, bamboozle, beguile, bilk, bluff, capere, capture, catch, catch unprepared, cheat, cozen, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, enmesh, entangle, entice, entrap, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook, inlicere, lay a trap for, lead astray, lead on by artifice, lure, misdirect, misguide, mislead, net, outmaneuver, outwit, play one false, set a trap for, snare, take advantage of, take by craft, take by strategem, trap, trepan, trick, victimize, waylay
Associated concepts: entrapment See also: abduct, ambush, bait, betray, bilk, coax, deceive, dupe, entrap, hunt, illude, inveigle, kidnap, lure, mislead, pettifog, trap Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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abduct allure ambuscade ambush apprehend bait bamboozle beguile bilk bluff capere catch catch unprepared cheat cozen deceive decoy defraud delude | The earl's complaint that his reputation was distorted by "the false glass of others' information"(42) certainly resonates with Richard II's concern with the ensnarements of treason for public figures and the politically charged dynamics by which reputations are divested of, as well as invested with, integrity. Lines 369-70 loose the traps / of hell ] break open the doors to hell; undo the snares of hell (containing perhaps a suggestion that Christ provides a release from sinful ensnarements, including the poet's past attachment to the stage--a symbolic bursting of the trapdoors to the understage, called "hell" [QED, "trapdoor"; "trap," sb,(1) aa, "hell," sb. |
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