entrapped
Lured then caught
Entrapped is the past tense of entrap—to catch in a trap or lure into a compromising situation.
Someone entrapped by circumstances finds themselves stuck with no good options.
In legal contexts, entrapped describes a person induced by law enforcement to commit a crime they wouldn't otherwise have committed: He argued he was entrapped by the undercover officer.
Seized or grabbed
- snaredCaught by concealed means
- nettedCaught or cleared profit
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
ensnared · webbed · ambushed · cornered · stuck · mired · bogged · quicksand
Controlled through cunning
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- compelledMade to act
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- coercedPressured into compliance
induced · deceived · tricked · duped · lured · inveigled · ensnared · conned
caught
Seized or grabbed
enmeshed · ensnared · webbed · ambushed · cornered · stuck · mired · bogged · quicksand · pit
manipulated
Controlled through cunning
coerced · induced · deceived · tricked · duped · lured · inveigled · ensnared · conned · swindled
incarcerated
Confined in prison
detained · held · captured · locked up · imprisoned · captive · behind bars · custody · shackled · fettered
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- dupeddeceived, tricked, fooled, conned, swindled
entrappedfreed
Released from confinement
liberated · released · escaped · unconfined · free
entrappedcleared
Found not guilty
exonerated · acquitted · vindicated · absolved · caught red-handed
entrappedvoluntary
Done by choice
willing · consenting · uncoerced · self-determined · unmanipulated