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The correct spelling is entrapment.
How to pronounce entrapment
noun
Say it like: Ent-rap-men-t
The correct spelling is entrapment. The state of being entrapped. For example: "The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult."
Usage 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.”
Definition
noun
- 1.The state of being entrapped.
- 2.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.
- 3.A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
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