- the luring by a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime: Defense lawyers in cases involving sting operations often accuse the F.B.I. of entrapment.
- an act or process of entrapping: Depth filters consist of pressed fibers, which use entrapment to remove suspended particles and prevent clogging.
- a state of being entrapped: nerve entrapment;sea turtle entrapment.
- the luring, by a police officer, of a person into committing a crime so that he may be prosecuted for it
