English to Afrikaans Meaning of ensnare - verstrik

Ensnare :

verstrik

verb

omseil, verstrik, bemoeilik, lokmiddel, trepaneren, bekoor, slaaf, bekoren, lok

Ensnare :: verstrikEnsnared :: strikkeEnsnarement :: ensnarementEnsnares :: omringEnsnaring :: ensnaring

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Definitions of ensnare in English

Verb(1) take or catch as if in a snare or trap(2) catch in or as if in a trap

Examples of ensnare in English

(1) You can set up elaborate traps and seductions - leaving pieces out for capture to ensnare your opponent - or you can play cautiously.(2) This is a road I have used for work at various times since January 2001 and one which seems to ensnare road traffic victims like a Venus fly trap.(3) They have managed to liberate many from this ├ö├ç├┐trap├ö├ç├û only to ensnare them in the homelessness maze.(4) With so many traps waiting to ensnare the unwary we shouldn't be surprised that more and more of us are resorting to gifts that are less likely to betray our vulnerable cores.(5) Local producers obviously haven't yet caught on to branding their wares to ensnare the wandering green pound.(6) That label has guaranteed consumers for more than a decade that the tuna they're buying was caught in nets that didn't ensnare dolphins.(7) When that is coupled with temporary blindness by the sun, a hidden trap lies waiting to ensnare the unwary driver.(8) Only a fool alloweth an enemy inside his own house in hope of trapping him within his own chambers when first he could set ambushments outside and perchance ensnare him there.(9) They are not difficult to trap and experts use narcotics among other means to ensnare them.(10) I realise that it is no release of desire, but merely the ensnarement of it within an illusion.(11) Wires ensnared the mounts or caught riders by the neck, and more pits opened up directly beneath their feet.(12) Post-war, in the wake of the decline of British economic power and its change of direction towards the Common Market, Australia turned towards what has been described as an ensnarement of the United States.(13) Freed from the trap represented by life with her family and the reservation community, she finds in San Francisco an equally ensnaring trap of poverty and welfare regulations.(14) The extra efforts on his tired sinews were needed to pull his body from the ensnarement of the deep snow; the fear of frozen death added to his strength and the need to carry on.(15) And Western businesses and financial institutions entered the scene, too, ensnaring command economies in Western market pricing and credit practices.(16) Justice is not served by ensnaring the innocent.

Related Phrases of ensnare

(1) ensnare ::

verstrik

Related Phrases of ensnare

(1) ensnare ::

verstrik

Synonyms

Verb

1. capture ::

vang

2. entrap ::

verstrik

Antonyms

1. disentangle ::

ontwarren

Different Forms

ensnare, ensnared, ensnarement, ensnares, ensnaring

Word Example from TV Shows

No one can ENSNARE them, not even the gods.

Vikings Season 1, Episode 9

Examples of ensnare from TV Shows

No one can ENSNARE them, not even the gods.

Vikings Season 1, Episode 9

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