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snare

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Main Entry: snare
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trap

Synonyms:

allurement, bait, booby trap, catch, come-on, deception, decoy, enticement, entrapment, inveiglement, lure, net, noose, pitfall, quicksand, seducement, temptation, trick, wire

Antonyms:

freedom, liberation
Main Entry: snare
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch, trap

Synonyms:

arrest, bag*, corral*, decoy, enmesh, entangle, entrap, get hands on, involve, land, lure, net, pull in, round up, seduce, seize, tempt, wire

Antonyms:

free, let go, liberate, loosen
Main Entry: arrest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: taking into custody

Synonyms:

accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp, detention, drop*, fall*, gaff, glom, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, mitt, nab, nail, nick, nip, pick up*, pickle, pinch*, preventive custody, protective custody, pull in, pull*, restraining, run in, sequestering, snare, sweep*
Main Entry: bait
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something for luring

Synonyms:

allurement, attraction, bribe, come-on, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, seducement, shill, snare, temptation, trap
Main Entry: capture
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch and forcefully hold

Synonyms:

apprehend, arrest, bag*, bust, catch, collar, conquer, cop, gain control, get, grab*, hook*, land, nab, nail, net, occupy, overwhelm, pick up*, pinch*, prehend, pull in, put the cuffs on, round up, run in, secure, seize, snare, snatch, take, take captive, take into custody, take prisoner, trap, tumble

Antonyms:

free, let go, liberate, lose, release
Main Entry: catch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ensnare, apprehend

Synonyms:

arrest, bag, bust, capture, clasp, claw, clench, clutch, collar, cop, corral, entangle, entrap, get one's fingers on, glom, glove, grab, grasp, grip, hook, lasso, lay hold of, nab, nail, net, pick, pluck, pounce on, prehend, secure, seize, snag, snare, snatch, take, take hold of, trap

Antonyms:

free, let go, let off, lose, misplace, miss, release
Main Entry: chimera
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dream, fantasy

Synonyms:

bogy, bubble, delusion, fabrication, fancy, fata morgana, figment, fool's paradise, hallucination, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, monster, monstrosity, pipe dream, rainbow*, snare, specter, virtual reality

Antonyms:

reality, truth
Main Entry: cobweb
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: entanglement; filament

Synonyms:

fiber, gossamer, labyrinth, mesh, net, network, snare, tissue, toil, web, webbing
Main Entry: deception
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick

Synonyms:

artifice, bilk, bluff, catch, cheat, chicane, con, con game, confidence game, cover-up, crock, decoy, device, dodge, fallacy, fast one, fast shuffle, feint, fib, fraud, gimmick, hoax, hogwash, hustle, illusion, imposture, jive, lie, malarkey, mare's-nest, pretext, ride*, ruse, scam, sham, shift, shuck, snare, snow job, stall, sting, story, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, trick, whitewash, wile, wrinkle
Main Entry: decoy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bait, trap

Synonyms:

allurement, attraction, beard, blind, blow off, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, seducement, shill, sitting duck, snare, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie, temptation, trick, trickery
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