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Entrapment Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is STING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

• a mental pain or distress

• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

verb

• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

• deliver a sting to

• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

• cause a stinging pain

• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

90%6 A surprise attack
noun

• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

verb

• wait in hiding to attack

• hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

90%7 To take someone as a prisoner
noun

• the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

• a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

• any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

• the act of taking of a person by force

• the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

verb

• succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

• attract; cause to be enamored

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

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New York Times20 May 1998 Down 12
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