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Noun: entrapment  in'trap-munt or en'trap-munt
  1. (law) a defence that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
    "The lawyer argued that the sting operation constituted entrapment"

Derived forms: entrapments

Type of: defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], demurrer, denial

Encyclopedia: Entrapment