Definition & Meaning of "entrapment"in English

Entrapment

(law) a practice in which government officials persuade someone to commit a crime that one would not have done by choice

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Uncountable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

entrapments

Examples

The defense argued that the defendant’s actions were a result of entrapment.

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