net (1) — OET

net1

noun

1 a dress of dark green net:

netting, meshwork, mesh, webbing, tulle, fishnet, openwork, lace, lacework, latticework, lattice.

2 one civil servant, at least, managed to escape the net:

trap, booby trap, snare;

literary toils.

verb

drug busts that netted big criminals both in Panama and America:

catch, capture, take captive, trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, bag, hook, land;

informal nab, collar.

net (1) Oxford Dictionary of English