entrapment
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/ɪnˈtræpmənt/
🇬🇧
/ɪnˈtræpmənt/
noun
R
When someone tricks another person into doing something illegal, so they can be caught and arrested for it.
The suspect claimed entrapment, saying the police made him commit the crime.
translation
When someone tricks another person into doing something illegal, so they can be caught and arrested for it.
Word Forms
Plural
entrapments