单词 | entrapment |
释义 | entrapmentn. 1. The action of entrap v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: the state of being entrapped. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > act of entrapping, ensnarement beswiking1340 espying1340 telea1450 mismeaningc1450 trapping?1531 entrapping1564 entangling1574 catcha1586 entrapment1609 ensnarementa1617 ensnaring1660 trepan1665 trepanning1670 crimping1795 roping in1840 entoilment1855 noosing1878 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. lxxx. 107 Northumberland..giuen to vnderstand Of some intrapment by conspiracie, Gets into Wales. 1623 More Newes Good Successe Duke of Brunswicke 24 The darknesse being vnfit, for feare of Ambushes and entrapments. 1662 N. Horsman Spiritual Bee xxii. 98 These entrapments the Devil had practised on the Publican and the Pharisee. 1773 T. Brown Evangelical Sense Old & New Test. 15 Snares have been found more successful Engines of Entrapment into Bondage; than fiery Persecution. 1795 E. Gunning tr. J. Du Castre d'Auvigny & P.-F. G. Desfontaines Mem. Madame de Barneveldt I. 229 This was the pretty tale he made up for my entrapment. 1810 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 14 Nov. 911 All that he told us before about the..entrapment of Massena's army, must have been false. 1862 C. Munro Fern Vale I. i. 21 He only saw in the confessions of his son, the result of a deep-laid plot for his entrapment and ruin. 1944 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Oct. 9/4 200,000 enemy soldiers may be in danger of entrapment. 1976 Conservation News Sept. 9/2 Modern materials..out-perform glass in the entrapment and retention of precious heat. 2002 Independent 21 Nov. 21/6 The entrapment of so many women on poverty wages is not what feminists had in mind when they battled for women's entry into the workplace. 2. Criminal Law. The practice of inducing or assisting a person to commit an offence in order to obtain evidence to be used against him or her; an instance or result of this. Entrapment is broadly discouraged and in many jurisdictions gives grounds for defence against criminal liability. In English law it can lead to refusal of the court to admit the evidence obtained. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > other specific methods shadowing1890 entrapment1899 obbo1933 stop1968 sting1976 1899 Amer. Digest (Century ed.) VIII. 1567 Entrapment by detectives. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 11 Jan. 213/1 The use of entrapment methods by Chicago reformers to bring about the arrest of booksellers on charges of handling immoral literature has aroused city-wide indignation among the trade. 1957 Encycl. Brit. VI. 717/2 The defense of entrapment is available to persons who have committed a crime at the instigation of public officers... The central issue to be determined is whether the police took the initiative in urging the commission of the crime or whether they merely secured evidence of on-going criminality. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 19 July 5/3 The court reaffirmed the ‘subjective’ view of the entrapment defense taken by the majority in Sorrells v. United States. 2011 S. Ingram in W. J. Chambliss Police & Law Enforcement iv. 41 The lack of definitional precision and the growing use of undercover operations by law enforcement have made entrapment a controversial topic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1609 |
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