Entrap and Fool

Entrap

Entrap verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.

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Fool and entrap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fool" instead a verb "Entrap".

Nearby Words: entrapment, entrapping

Fool verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

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Entrap and fool are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Entrap" instead a verb "Fool".

guy	entrap guy	fool guy
people	entrap people	fool people
world	entrap world	fool world
police	entrap police	fool police
Other words: anyone, player, enemies, spies.

If the seemingly perfect world is a full-on illusion, created to entrap or otherwise fool someone, then it is a Lotus-Eater Machine.

Source: Crapsaccharine World
After "You never had it so good" (see above) possibly his best known quote is, "You know, I always thought he looked a bloody fool in men's clothes"; describing Sir Laurence Olivier, who had been caught in a police "sting" operation to entrap suspected homosexuals.

Source: Useful Notes / Harold Macmillan

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