entrapment
(noun)
noun
1. a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
Definition categories: act, defence, defense, demurrer, denial
Sentences with entrapment as a noun:
- The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
- A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.