If you entrap someone, you trick or deceive them and make them believe or do something wrong. [formal]
The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers. [VERB noun]
He overturned the conviction, saying the defendant was entrapped. [VERB noun]
He saw it as a lie put about to entrap him into a lifetime of paying taxes. [VERB noun + into]
Synonyms: catch, net, capture, trap