10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
originEtymology tree English entrap Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entrapment From entrap + -ment.
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