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entrapment

[ en-trap-muhnt ]

noun

  1. Law. the luring by a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime:

    Defense lawyers in cases involving sting operations often accuse the F.B.I. of entrapment.

  2. an act or process of entrapping:

    Depth filters consist of pressed fibers, which use entrapment to remove suspended particles and prevent clogging.

  3. a state of being entrapped:

    nerve entrapment;

    sea turtle entrapment.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of entrapment1

First recorded in 1590–1600; entrap + -ment
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Example Sentences

Bob Fu, founder and president of China Aid, argued that Lin’s conviction was a case of entrapment by the Chinese government.

“It’s all about enchantment and entrapment,” she says.

And some of them were entrapment, I would say.

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Even if the jury decided he had, it was a case of entrapment.

“This poses a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation,” the agency said in a statement.

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