entrapment
- Noun. The state of being entrapped.
- Noun. (legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
- Noun. (chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
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