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entrapment

/en-trap-muhnt/US // ɛnˈtræp mənt //UK // (ɪnˈtræpmənt) //

陷害,诱捕,陷落,陷阱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the luring by a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime.
    • : an act or process of entrapping.
    • : a state of being entrapped.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inentanglement

Examples

  • A letter from him warning about the risk of entrapment is published on the company’s website.

  • A Washington Post investigation last year reported that the elevator industry had known for decades about the entrapment problem — along with a simple fix, a $100 to $200 space guard to fill the door gap.

  • Kelly fought his case on the grounds of entrapment but ultimately lost.

  • He did not want to make them suspicious or open himself up to accusations of entrapment later on.

  • During a recent interview with miner Samuel Avalos, it was clear the reminders of the entrapment were never far away.

  • He estimated that roughly one third of the men were experiencing extremely complicated symptoms as a result of their entrapment.

  • During the first 17 days of entrapment, with no contact to the outside world, the men built a unique underground society.

  • The class looked at the master, as if appealing from the irregular entrapment of this mode of examination.

  • Beneath the fur robe she was soft and white, and the subtle scent of her hair seemed a deeper entrapment than any.

  • With the concurrence of the police authorities, very little was said publicly respecting my entrapment.

  • Somewhere among the fungi of the cliffside the huge spider who had built this web awaited the entrapment of prey.

  • His entrapment by the detestable Cora is so painful that perhaps I was glad to think it also slightly incredible.