entrapment
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mənt noun
1.
the luring by a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime.
2.
an act or process of entrapping.
3.
a state of being entrapped.
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| the luring, by a police officer, of a person into committing a crime so that he may be prosecuted for it | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
entrapment
1597, from en- "make, put in" + trap (v.). Criminal investigation sense first attested 1899.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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entrapment
in law, instigation or inducement of a person into the commission of a crime by an officer of the law
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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Example sentences
The findings don't rule out accidents caused by sticky accelerator pedals and floor mat entrapment.
My proposal is deceitful, of course, and some people may have moral qualms about out-and-out lying and entrapment.
Fix the pollution, fix a prominent source of heat entrapment and health-degrading human-induced environmental change.
His own career was certainly a series of determined attempts to avoid entrapment of one sort or another.
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