Definition of "entrapping" [entrapping]

• Present participle of entrap. (verb)

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• "But suppose it were De - la garde who had conceived the notion of entrapping her?"
• "Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon-peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer-tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of"
• "Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon – peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer – tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of a candlestick, were among the most remarkable."