Entrap
51Cash-for-votes scandal — The cash for votes scandal is a scandal in which the United Progressive Alliance, the majority holding parliamentary party alliance of India led by Sonia Gandhi, allegedly bribed Indian MPs in order to survive a confidence vote on 22 July 2008.… …
52deceive — de·ceive vb de·ceived, de·ceiv·ing vt: to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid vi: to practice deceit compare defraud, mislead Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …
53bait — I (harass) verb afflict, affront, aggravate, aggrieve, agitate, agonize, anger, annoy, arouse, attack, badger, be malevolent, be offensive, beset, besiege, bother, browbeat, cause resentment, chafe, compel, deride, detract, discommode, displease …
54dupe — I verb befool, beguile, bilk, cheat, circumvent, counterfeit, cozen, create a false impression, cully, deceive, defraud, delude, ensnare, entrap, fleece, fool, gull, hoax, inveigle, lactare, make a fool of, misdirect, misguide, mislead, mulct,… …
55ensnare — I verb allure, ambuscade, ambush, apprehend, bait, bamboozle, beguile, bilk, bluff, capere, capture, catch, catch unprepared, cheat, cozen, deceive, decoy, defraud, delude, dupe, enmesh, entangle, entice, entrap, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook …
56inveigle — in·vei·gle /in vā gəl, vē / vt in·vei·gled, in·vei·gling: to lure by false representations or other deceit whoever unlawfully...inveigle s, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person...shall… …
57trap — I noun ambush, artifice, bait, catch, catch all, lure, maneuver, net, pitfall, snare, stratagem II verb bait, catch, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, inveigle, snare, snatch III index ambush, artifice, bait ( …
58enmesh — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trap, entrap, snare; see entangle . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. entangle, catch, snarl, trap, knot, engage. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping: catch,… …
59Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …
60entrapment — 1590s, from ENTRAP (Cf. entrap) + MENT (Cf. ment). Criminal investigation sense first attested 1899 …
