entrapment

IPA: ɪntrˈæpmʌnt

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.

Examples of "entrapment" in Sentences

Dealing with obesity - avoid short term entrapment
I think that's called entrapment but what are you going to do?
That's not even "entrapment" -- as if Warman was some sort of uncover policeman.
The prosecution spotlighted a rare but gruesome accident called entrapment, in which powerful suction from a pool's drain traps a swimmer underwater.
Indeed, the show's styling reinforced the idea of entrapment and suffocation as intricately and beautifully woven, form-fitting death masks obscured the models' faces.
While many will sympathise with him and question the ethics of what Triesman described as entrapment by a newspaper, the fact that his words were made public sealed his fate.
LISA BLOOM, COURT TV ANCHOR: Yes. that's a bad argument to raise, because, if you use the word entrapment, you admit to the underlying offense, but you say the cop made you do it.
And in terms of, you know, entrapment, which is what took my child ` s life, and it has forever altered this little girl ` s, it ` s-- this is something where there is a fix for it.