Verb

To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.

* 2005 : ,

When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?

To entangle; to enmesh.

* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=

, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}