rope in

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rope in

verb ropes in · roping in · roped in

transitive To cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something. In March last year, the Supreme Court had set aside its own 2009 judgment and set six convicts free, who were earlier sent to death row. […] The Supreme Court said the six men were falsely implicated and roped in by the police.

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verb to cause (someone) to become involved in something

Español	llevar en la balastra, agarrar, enganchar, meter
Deutsch	heranziehen

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@misc{rope_in_2026,
  title = {rope in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rope%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}