snare

noun

• 1a trap for catching birds or animals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord.
• a thing likely to lure or tempt someone into harm or error:the wickedness and snares of the Devil

• 2a length of wire, gut, or hide stretched across a drumhead to produce a rattling sound.
• short for snare drum.

• 3 Surgery a wire loop for severing polyps or other growths.

verb

• catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare.
• catch or trap (someone):I snared a passing waiter