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entrapment

Noun

Meaning

a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials

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Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. K.d. lang

Once you create a self-justifying storyline, your emotional entrapment within it quadruples. Pema Chodron

Around 3,600 baby walkers sold on Amazon are being recalled due to fall and entrapment hazards. Source: Internet

The Mattachine Society succeeded in getting newly elected Mayor John Lindsay to end the campaign of police entrapment in New York City. Source: Internet

All 33 men have now been delivered from the longest underground entrapment in history. Source: Internet

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