English-Finnish translations for entrapment

Definition of entrapment

  • The state of being entrapped
  • 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
  • A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel

Examples

  • The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult
  • A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment

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