Criminal Law

Entrapment

/ en-TRAP-ment /

Definition

Government inducement of a person to commit a crime they would not otherwise commit.

Used in Context

“Entrapment was a valid defense when the officer suggested the crime.”

Etymology

◈ Old French: entrapper, to catch in a trap

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