Look up: entrapment

1. 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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2. 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 ...
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. Entrapment
   A person is 'entrapped' when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents to commit a crime that he had no previous intent to commit; and the law as a matter of policy forbids conviction in such a case.
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7. Entrapment
   n. in criminal law, the act of law enforcement officers or government agents inducing or encouraging a person to commit a crime when the potential criminal expresses a desire not to go ahead. The key to entrapment is whether the idea for the commission or encouragement of the criminal act originated...
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8. Entrapment
   Entrapment is an action adventure starring Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta Jones and Ving Rhames in a story about an unlikely partnership formed between an insurance investigator and an ageing cat burglar. Entrapment was directed by Jon Amiel in 1999.
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9. Entrapment
   In criminal law, `entrapment` is constituted by a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability. However, there is no entrapment where a per...
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10. Entrapment
    (film) `Entrapment` is a 1999 American caper film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Plot: Virginia "Gin" Baker (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is an investigator for Waverly Insurance. Robert "Mac" MacDougal (Connery) is an internation...
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