trap

/træp/ verb [T] (present participle trapping, past tense and past participle trapped)

Translation

CANNOT ESCAPE › If someone or something is trapped, they cannot move or escape from a place or situation.

tuzağa düşmek, kapana kısılmak, faka basmak

The car turned over, trapping the driver underneath. Five years into the marriage he felt trapped.10571786

ANIMAL › to catch an animal using a trap

tuzak kurup yakalamak

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TRICK › to trick someone into doing or saying something that they do not want to

tuzağa düşürmek, kapana kıstırmak, faka bastırmak

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(Definition of trap verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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