Definition of "entrapment" in English

noun

1. The state of being entrapped.

   • The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.

2. (law) 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.

3. (chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.