verb
- to ensnare or catch by trickery; to deceive or cheat
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The cunning merchant sought to trapan unsuspecting customers with false promises.
- She refused to be trapanned by his elaborate scheme.
- The old tales warned of those who would trapan travelers on lonely roads.
- He felt trapanned when he discovered the contract’s hidden clauses.
- The villain’s plan was to trapan the hero into revealing his weakness.