Definition
to trap (someone): to imprison, to corner, to immobilize (someone); to block (someone's) possible escape
a trap: a trap is used to catch and hold (someone or something), figuratively or literally
- "He was trapped in a tree, screaming, and hanging upside down."
- "Brian : So we were trapped in the hut, but we solved your riddle, and then we used your tunnel to..."
- "Art dealer : Trapped."
- "Trapped. Art dealer : Trapped."
- "We're trapped in this explosives factory!"
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