Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun entrapment

1 sense of entrapment

Sense 1
entrapment -- (a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials)
       => defense, defence, denial, demurrer -- (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense")