ensnarer
One who captures
An ensnarer is someone or something that traps or catches, whether literally or figuratively.
The word evokes the image of a hunter setting snares, but applies more broadly to anyone who lures others into difficult situations through cunning or deception.
The con artist was a skilled ensnarer of vulnerable marks.
It can also describe abstract forces: Social media can be an ensnarer of attention.
hunter
Pursuer of prey
lure · capture · netting · noose · cage · fowler · angler · gamekeeper · predator · prey
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
deceit · duplicity · scheming · artifice · chicanery · con · swindle · fraud · hoax · pretense
web
Interwoven filament structure
cobweb · spinneret · orb-weaver · trapdoor · gossamer · sticky · lattice · prey · capture · ambush