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entrapment 1 : the action or process of entrapping [ is un-American and has no place in law enforcement "Tip O'Neill"] 2 : the state or condition of being entrapped ;also : the affirmative defense of having been entrapped by a government agent (as an officer or informant) see also predispose NOTE: Entrapment is available as a defense only when an agent of the state or federal government has provided the encouragement or inducement. This defense is sometimes allowed in administrative proceedings (as for the revocation of a license to practice medicine) as well as criminal proceedings. In order to establish entrapment, the defendant has the burden of proving either that he or she would not have committed the crime but for the undue persuasion or fraud of the government agent, or that the encouragement was such that it created a risk that persons not inclined to commit the crime would commit it, depending on the jurisdiction. When entrapment is pleaded, evidence (as character eviden...
entrap
entrap en·trapped en·trap·ping : to cause (a person) to commit a crime by means of undue persuasion, encouragement, or fraud in order to later prosecute [police him into violating the literal terms of a criminal statute "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] ...
Entrap
To catch in a trap to insnare hence to catch as in a trap by artifices to involve in difficulties or distresses to catch or involve in contradictions as to be entrapped by the devices of evil men...
defense
defense 1 : the act or action of defending see also self-defense 2 a : the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant's opposition to an allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an indictment) ;also : the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition see also accord, alibi, assumption of risk, coercion, consent contributory negligence at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res judicata, statute of limitations absolute defense : complete defense in this entry af·fir·ma·tive defense : a defense that does not deny the truth of the allegations against the defendant but gives some other reason (as insanity, assumption of risk, or expiration of the statute of limitations) why the defendant cannot be held liable NOTE: The defendant bears the burden of proof as to affirmative defenses. choice of evils d...
estoppel
estoppel [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop ] 1 : a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another ;esp : equitable estoppel in this entry compare waiver equitable estoppel : an estoppel that prevents a person from adopting a new position that contradicts a previous position maintained by words, silence, or actions when allowing the new position to be adopted would unfairly harm another person who has relied on the previous position to his or her loss called also estoppel in pais NOTE: Traditionally equitable estoppel required that the original position was a misrepresentation which was being denied in the new position. Some jurisdictions retain the requirement of misrepresentation. estoppel by deed : an estoppel precluding a person from denying the truth of any matter that he or she asserted in a deed esp. regarding his or her title to the property compare after-acquired title a...
inducement
inducement 1 : factual matter presented by way of introduction or background to explain the principal allegations of a legal cause (as of slander or libel) compare innuendo 2 : a significant offer or act that promises or encourages [the s amounted to entrapment] ...
predispose
predispose -posed -pos·ing : to dispose or incline in advance ;specif : to make ready and willing to commit a crime [have been predisposed to engage in criminal behavior "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] NOTE: Predisposition on the part of a defendant vitiates the defense of entrapment. pre·dis·po·si·tion [prē-dis-pə-zi-shən] n ...
Deceit
An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error any declaration artifice or practice which misleads another or causes him to believe what is false a contrivance to entrap deception a wily device fraud...
Decoy
To lead into danger by artifice to lure into a net or snare to entrap to insnare to allure to entice as to decoy troops into an ambush to decoy ducks into a net...
Illaqueable
Capable of being insnared or entrapped...
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