entrapmentnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪnˈtræp.mənt/us/ɪnˈtræp.mənt/formalthe act of causing someone to do something they would not usually do by tricking them:
The police have been accused of using entrapment to bring charges against suspects.
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Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- cloak-and-dagger
- conspiratorial
- conspire
- entrap
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- honey trap
- plot
- plotter
- put-up job
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
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