entrapment

en·trap  (n-trp)

tr.v. en·trapped, en·trap·ping, en·traps

1. To catch in or as if in a trap.

2.

a. To lure into danger, difficulty, or a compromising situation. See Synonyms at catch.

b. To lure into performing a previously or otherwise uncontemplated illegal act.

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[French entraper, from Old French : en-, in; see en-¹ + trape, trap (of Germanic origin).]

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en·trapment n.

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entrapment [ɪnˈtræpmənt]

n

(Law) the luring, by a police officer, of a person into committing a crime so that he may be prosecuted for it

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Entrapment 

See Also: ADVANCING; PEOPLE, INTERACTION

1. About as much chance of escape as a log that is being drawn slowly toward a buzz saw —Arthur Train
2. Captured like water in oil —John Updike
3. Caught in [as a war] like meat in a sandwich —Robert MacNeil, Public Television broadcast, December, 1986
4. Caught like a forest in a blazing fire —Delmore Schwartz
5. (What wouldn’t I give to see old Cy Lambert) caught like a monkey with his fist in the bottle —Louis Auchincloss
6. (The feeling came over her that she was) caught like a mouse in the trap of life —Ellen Glasgow
7. (I went to the war; got) clapped down like a bedbug —Clifford Odets
8. [Group of people] closed in upon her, like dogs on a fox —Jean Stafford
9. [Four walls of room] close in upon you like the sides of a coffin —O. Henry
10. [Many people at a party] engulfed him like an avalanche —Robert Silverberg
11. Feel like … a shabby blackbird baked alive in a piecrust —George Garrett
12. Felt like a muskrat trapped in a weir —Sterling Hayden
13. Felt like a worm on a hook —Shelby Hearon
14. Gripped him like an empty belly —Cutcliffe Hyne
15. Held fast by circumstances as by invisible wires of steel —Ellen Glasgow
16. It [emotional trap] held him as with the grip of sharp murderous steel —Henry James
17. My heart chokes in me like a prison —Anzia Yezierska

    Another example of a simile used to launch a work of fiction, in this case a short story entitled Wings.

18. Pinned to … like a butterfly to a cork —F. van Wyck Mason

    The butterfly image as used by Margaret Millar: “As easily trapped as a butterfly.”

19. Struggling and captive like a newborn infant —Julia O’Faolain
20. Stuck with them [undesirable companions] like falling into a barrel of blackstrap molasses —Elizabeth Spencer
21. Thrashed about … like a whale trying to pull free from a harpoon —William H. Hallhan
22. Trapped like a fish between two cats —Spanish proverb
23. Trapped like a peasant between two lawyers —Anon
24. Trapped [in traffic] like a fly in a spider’s web —Donald Seaman
25. Felt trapped … like a man in a cage with a sick bear and his keeper —Ross Macdonald
26. Trapped like a rabbit on a country road —Beryl Bainbridge

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

entrapment - a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials demurrer, denial, defence, defense - a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Translations

entrapment [ɪnˈtræpmənt] N (Jur) acción por la que agentes de la ley incitan a algn a cometer un delito para poder arrestarlo
he complained of entrapment → se quejó de que le habían hecho caer en una trampa

entrapment

n

(= state of being entrapped) → Gefangensein nt → in einer Falle

(= entrapping) → Fangen nt → in einer Falle, Fallenstellen nt

(= inducement) → (geschickte) Verführung (etw Böses/Kriminelles zu tun)