n. 25B6; noun
an animal caught in a trap : SNARE, net, mesh, gin, springe; N. Amer. deadfall.
the question was set as a trap : TRICK, ploy, ruse, deception, subterfuge; booby trap; informal set-up.
(informal) shut your trap! : See mouth noun sense 1.
25B6; verb
police trapped the two men, who admitted blackmail : SNARE, entrap, ensnare, lay a trap for; capture, catch, corner, ambush; archaic ambuscade.
a rat trapped in a barn : CONFINE, cut off, corner, shut in, pen in, hem in; imprison, hold captive.
I hoped to trap him into an admission : TRICK, dupe, deceive, lure, inveigle, beguile, fool, hoodwink; catch out, trip up.