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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."] ...
Lurcher
One that lurches or lies in wait one who watches to pilfer or to betray or entrap one who lurks a lurker a poacher...
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...
Nousel
To insnare to entrap...
Pitfall
A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men a trap of any kind...
VerbarKeddah
An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants an elephant trap...
Intrap
See Entrap...
Illaqueate
To insnare to entrap to entangle to catch...
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...
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