entrapment
IPA: ɪntrˈæpmʌnt
noun
- The state of being entrapped.
- (law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
- (chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
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Examples of "entrapment" in Sentences
- It's the difference between solicitation and entrapment.
- The entrapment law is not a permanent and unchangeable fact.
- The cause was entrapment in the hydraulic vortex immediately below the dam.
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