entrap

Etymology

From Old French entraper (“catch in a trap”), see en- + trap.

verb

1. (transitive) To catch in a trap or snare.
   He goes home to complain to his father, and the two of them decide on a plan to entrap Enkidu. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189
2. (transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.