Look up: entrapment

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   entrapment
   [n] - a defense in which claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it be law enforcement officials
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   entrapment
   Process used to fix enzymes:i.e.entrapment in polymeric material.A wide range of materials have been used. Category: Medicine • the deliberate planting of apparent flaws in a system for the purpose of detecting attempted penetrations or confusing an intruder about which flaws to exploit Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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   entrapment
   noun 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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   Entrapment
   In jurisprudence, `entrapment` is a legal defense by which a defendant may argue that he or she should not be held criminally liable for actions which broke the law, because he/she was induced (or `entrapped`) by the police to commit those acts. For the defense to be successful, the defendant must demonstrate that the police induced an otherwise unwilling person to commit a crime. Entrapment is an issue that must be considered in designing sting...
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   entrapment
   in law, instigation or inducement of a person into the commission of a crime by an officer of the law.
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   entrapment
   entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g., when an undercover agent posing as a narcotics dealer is approached by a would...
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