[count] 1 : a device that has a loop (called a noose) which gets smaller when the end of it is pulled and that is used to catch animals : a kind of trap
▪ a rabbit snare 2 : a position or situation from which it is difficult to escape
▪ people caught in the snare of drug addiction 3 : snare drum
▪ a rabbit snare
▪ people caught in the snare of drug addiction







