But the coalition, which has ensnared the country in its homemade austerity trap, has done a brilliant job until now in bringing out the masochistic streak in the British character, and persuading people that all these budget cuts are necessary.
Police sprayed him with mace, which also ensnared television reporters as they broadcast live.
This is Cambodia, but it could be anywhere in the developing world, because Suan and her family are trapped in an all too ubiquitous cycle: they are ensnared in a vicious circle in which poverty obstructs education, creating illiteracy and a lack of skills which, in turn, perpetuate poverty and so on ceaselessly until some external factor disrupts this pattern.
The attorney general, Jesús Murillo, said the investigation had revealed that the municipal police had been ensnared by organised crime.
What matters most is how deeply the whole of the human race has been ensnared in this system of pervasive surveillance.
If you are Muslim, you fear being the victim of terrorists, and anti-Muslim attacks, and you fear your children becoming ensnared, much the way a parent worries about drugs.
He was ensnared by a series of legal cases, including one murder charge.
Even before the bombing, the Israeli army had reoccupied Jenin and slapped a curfew on Qalqiliya.The greater fear especially among Palestinians ensnared in their increasingly isolated villages is that Israeli settlers will be given free rein to exact revenge.
China's anti-corruption drive under Xi Jinping has ensnared GSK, a British drugmaker.
Furthermore, it should encounter none of the problems about competition that have ensnared Lloyds TSB's bid for Abbey National.
Yue appeared loyal, but its gifts of craftsmen and timber tempted Fuchai to build palaces and towers even though the extravagance ensnared him in debt.
