lead into danger by artifice
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entrap — en·trap /in trap/ vt en·trapped, en·trap·ping: to cause (a person) to commit a crime by means of undue persuasion, encouragement, or fraud in order to later prosecute police entrap him into violating the literal terms of a criminal statute W. R.… … Law dictionary
Decoy — De*coy (d[ e]*koi ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed} ( koid ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Decoyed — Decoy De*coy (d[ e]*koi ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed} ( koid ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Decoying — Decoy De*coy (d[ e]*koi ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed} ( koid ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lure# — lure n Lure, bait, decoy, snare, trap all denote something that leads an animal or a person into a particular place or situation from which escape is difficult. Lure suggests something that always attracts and often deceives {threw out all the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 … Universalium
lure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French lure, leure, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German luoder bait; perhaps akin to Old English lathian to invite, Old High German ladōn Date: 14th century 1. an object usually of leather… … New Collegiate Dictionary
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
