entrapment
entrapment · entrapments
захват, провокация, ловушка
The state of being entrappedThe state of being entrapped.
/ɪnˈtɹæpmənt/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being entrapped.
The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
захва́тzaxvát
(countable, uncountable)Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.
провока́цияprovokácija, лову́шкаlovúška
(countable, uncountable)A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
захва́тzaxvát
More definitions
- a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
state of being entrapped:
action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime:
Forms
plural: entrapments| Singular | entrapment |
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedentrap
Derivedgrain entrapment
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable