snared
Caught by trickery
Snared is the past tense of snare—to catch in a trap or entangle.
A snare is a loop that tightens around prey, so snared suggests being caught unexpectedly or inescapably: The rabbit was snared in the wire.
Figuratively, someone can be snared by debt, a con artist, or an attractive stranger: He got snared into joining their scheme.
Seized or grabbed
- trappedUnable to escape
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
- nabbedSeized or arrested
- nettedCaught or cleared profit
bagged · hooked · apprehended · detained · ambushed · cornered · arrested · grabbed
Twisted confusedly together
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
- caught upBecame current or involved
- webbedConnected by membrane
knotted · twisted · bound · trapped · snarled · wrapped · wound · fettered
caught
Seized or grabbed
netted · bagged · hooked · apprehended · detained · ambushed · cornered · arrested · grabbed · clutched
tangled
Twisted confusedly together
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
- caught upBecame current or involved
webbed · knotted · twisted · bound · trapped · snarled · wrapped · wound · fettered · stuck
noose
Loop that constricts
spring · jaw · trigger · deadfall · leghold · cable · slip knot · poacher · game · prey
rimshot
Percussive joke closer
tension · wires · buzz · crisp · staccato · ghost note · brush · throw-off · strainer · snappy
- boundbound, tied, restrained, confined, restricted
- dupeddeceived, tricked, fooled, conned, swindled
- snare drumTensioned wire percussion cylinder
- snare drummerPercussionist playing wire-bottomed drums
- devil's snareToxic entangling plant
- rabbit snareLoop trap for lagomorphs
- SNARE proteinsVesicle fusion mediators
- snare rollContinuous drum tremolo
snare, ensnare, snares, ensnared, snaring, ensnaring, ensnares, unsnare