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entrapment
 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun entrapment has 1 sense
  1. entrapment - a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
    --1 is a kind of     defense, defence, denial, demurrer
    Derived form: verb entrap1

Definitions from the Web

Entrapment

Definition:

  • Noun: The act of luring or deceiving someone into committing a crime they did not originally intend to commit.
  • Noun: The state of being caught or ensnared in a trap or difficult situation.
  • Noun: The act of capturing or restraining someone or something.

Sample Sentences:

  1. The detective set up an elaborate scheme to prove entrapment in the suspect's case.
  2. He felt a sense of entrapment in his job, as if there was no escape from the daily grind.
  3. The hunter celebrated his success after the entrapment of the elusive prey.

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