ENTRAPMENT

Entrapment

In criminal law, entrapment is when a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit an offense that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit. It is a type of conduct that is generally frowned upon, and thus in many jurisdictions is a possible defense against criminal liability.

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entrapment

Noun

  1. The state of being entrapped.
    The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
  2. 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.
    A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.
  3. A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.


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