ensnarement
Caught in trap
Ensnarement is the act of trapping or being trapped—literally in a snare, or figuratively in a difficult situation.
The word emphasizes the cunning or deceptive nature of the trap: The ensnarement of investors in the Ponzi scheme took years to unravel.
It suggests entanglement that's hard to escape once caught.
Thing that tempts
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- trickDeliberate deception
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
subterfuge · artifice · duplicity · manipulation · scheme · ploy · con · feint
Interwoven filament structure
- meshInterlocking open weave
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- snarlHostile vocal threat
- knotTied rope fastening
coil · net · spiderweb · enmeshment · weave · bind · entwine · labyrinth
lure
Thing that tempts
guile · subterfuge · artifice · duplicity · manipulation · scheme · ploy · con · feint · stratagem
net
Final amount remaining
noose · ambush · tripwire · deadfall · gin · mantrap · trammel · hook · quicksand · fowler
web
Interwoven filament structure
knot · coil · net · spiderweb · enmeshment · weave · bind · entwine · labyrinth · intricacy
imprisonment
Legal detention in jail
- cageBarred confinement structure
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
restraint · incarceration · detention · confinement · dungeon · cell · custody · fetter · chains · lockup
ensnarementliberation
Release from constraint
freedom · release · emancipation · deliverance · liberty
ensnarementrelease
To let go
freeing · liberation · escape · rescue · extrication
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