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.