خَنْعَةٌ

A thing that induces suspicion or evil opinion; (S, K;) a vitious, or an immoral, act; or adultery; or fornication. (K.) [See a remark on one of the pls. of خَانِعٌ.] You say, اِطَّلَعَتْ مِنْ فُلَانٍ عَلَى خَنْعَةٍ I became acquainted with, or got knowledge of, a vitious, or an immoral, act of such a one. (TA.) And وَقَعَ فِى خَنْعَةٍ He fell into a thing of which one is ashamed. (TA.)

A vacant place. (O, L, K.) You say, لَقِيتُهُ بِخَنْعَةٍ فَقَهَرْتُهُ I found him, or met him, in a vacant place, and I overcame him. (K, * TA.)