1. snare - Noun
2. snare - Verb
3. Snare - Proper noun
A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe devil's snare does not catch you, unless you are first caught by the devil's bait. Ambrose
The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land. Clarence Darrow
There are two ways of avoiding the snare of woman; one is to shun all women and the other to love all beings. Sri Aurobindo
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare. Greek Proverb
Even old foxes are caught in the snare. Italian Proverb
Where there is finery, there lies the snare. Swahili Proverb