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entrapment
en·trap E0164700 (ĕn-trăp′)tr.v. en·trapped, en·trap·ping, en·traps 1. To catch in or as if in a trap.2. a. To lure into danger, difficulty, or a compromising situation. See Synonyms at catch.b. Law To induce (someone) into performing an otherwise uncontemplated criminal act for the sole purpose of providing the basis for a prosecution.
[French entraper, from Old French : en-, in; see en-1 + trape, trap (of Germanic origin).]
en·trap′ment n.entrapment (ɪnˈtræpmənt) n (Law) the luring, by a police officer, of a person into committing a crime so that he may be prosecuted for itEntrapment See Also: ADVANCING; PEOPLE, INTERACTION - About as much chance of escape as a log that is being drawn slowly toward a buzz saw —Arthur Train
- Captured like water in oil —John Updike
- Caught in [as a war] like meat in a sandwich —Robert MacNeil, Public Television broadcast, December, 1986
- Caught like a forest in a blazing fire —Delmore Schwartz
- (What wouldn’t I give to see old Cy Lambert) caught like a monkey with his fist in the bottle —Louis Auchincloss
- (The feeling came over her that she was) caught like a mouse in the trap of life —Ellen Glasgow
- (I went to the war; got) clapped down like a bedbug —Clifford Odets
- [Group of people] closed in upon her, like dogs on a fox —Jean Stafford
- [Four walls of room] close in upon you like the sides of a coffin —O. Henry
- [Many people at a party] engulfed him like an avalanche —Robert Silverberg
- Feel like … a shabby blackbird baked alive in a piecrust —George Garrett
- Felt like a muskrat trapped in a weir —Sterling Hayden
- Felt like a worm on a hook —Shelby Hearon
- Gripped him like an empty belly —Cutcliffe Hyne
- Held fast by circumstances as by invisible wires of steel —Ellen Glasgow
- It [emotional trap] held him as with the grip of sharp murderous steel —Henry James
- My heart chokes in me like a prison —Anzia Yezierska
Another example of a simile used to launch a work of fiction, in this case a short story entitled Wings. - Pinned to … like a butterfly to a cork —F. van Wyck Mason
The butterfly image as used by Margaret Millar: “As easily trapped as a butterfly.” - Struggling and captive like a newborn infant —Julia O’Faolain
- Stuck with them [undesirable companions] like falling into a barrel of blackstrap molasses —Elizabeth Spencer
- Thrashed about … like a whale trying to pull free from a harpoon —William H. Hallhan
- Trapped like a fish between two cats —Spanish proverb
- Trapped like a peasant between two lawyers —Anon
- Trapped [in traffic] like a fly in a spider’s web —Donald Seaman
- Felt trapped … like a man in a cage with a sick bear and his keeper —Ross Macdonald
- Trapped like a rabbit on a country road —Beryl Bainbridge
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | entrapment - a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officialsdemurrer, denial, defence, defense - a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
Translationsentrapment
entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g., when an undercover agent posing as a narcotics dealer is approached by a would-be customer) do not constitute entrapment. Only when the crime was not initially contemplated by the target is entrapment said to occur: thus, for example, an undercover agent may not recruit a previously law-abiding individual into a drug distribution ring in order to prosecute. Many police operations, especially in the areas of drugs and gambling, raise questions of entrapment, which is available as a defense in a trial.entrapment[en′trap·mənt] (geology) The underground trapping of oil or gas reserves by folds, faults, domes, asphaltic seals, unconformities, and such. EntrapmentFear of Flyingmetaphor for housewife Isadora Wing’s temporary inability to achieve self-awareness. [Am. Lit.: Fear of Flying]Frome, Ethanchained to detestable wife and unsalable farm. [Am. Lit.: Ethan Frome]Loman, Willydespite dreams of success, he is condemned to failure. [Am. Drama; Death of a Salesman, Payton, 397]Noratrapped in the domesticity demanded by her husband. [Nor. Lit.: Ibsen A Doll’s House]Prufrock, J. Alfredaware that his life is meaningless and empty, he struggles to rise above it, but cannot. [Br. Lit.: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” in Payton, 548]Rochester, Edwardtied to insane wife; cannot marry Jane Eyre. [Br. Lit.: Jane Eyre]entrapment
entrapment (en-trap′mĕnt) In medicine, compression, as of a peripheral nerve or vessel.entrapment
EntrapmentThe act of government agents or officials that induces a person to commit a crime he or she is not previously disposed to commit. Entrapment is a defense to criminal charges when it is established that the agent or official originated the idea of the crime and induced the accused to engage in it. If the crime was promoted by a private person who has no connection to the government, it is not entrapment. A person induced by a friend to sell drugs has no legal excuse when police are informed that the person has agreed to make the sale. The rationale underlying the defense is to deter law enforcement officers from engaging in reprehensible conduct by inducing persons not disposed to commit crimes to engage in criminal activity. In their efforts to obtain evidence and combat crime, however, officers are permitted to use some deception. For example, an officer may pretend to be a drug addict in order to apprehend a person suspected of selling drugs. On the other hand, an officer cannot use chicanery or Fraud to lure a person to commit a crime the person is not previously willing to commit. Generally, the defense is not available if the officer merely created an opportunity for the commission of the crime by a person already planning or willing to commit it. The defense of entrapment frequently arises when crimes are committed against willing victims. It is likely to be asserted to counter such charges as illegal sales of liquor or narcotics, Bribery, Sex Offenses, and gambling. Persons who commit these types of crimes are most easily apprehended when officers disguise themselves as willing victims. Most states require a defendant who raises the defense of entrapment to prove he or she did not have a previous intent to commit the crime. Courts determine whether a defendant had a predisposition to commit a crime by examining the person's behavior prior to the commission of the crime and by inquiring into the person's past criminal record if one exists. Usually, a predisposition is found if a defendant was previously involved in criminal conduct similar to the crime with which he or she is charged. When an officer supplies an accused with a tool or a means necessary to commit the crime, the defense is not automatically established. Although this factor may be considered as evidence of entrapment, it is not conclusive. The more important determination is whether the official planted the criminal idea in the mind of the accused or whether the idea was already there. Entrapment is not a constitutionally required defense, and, consequently, not all states are bound to provide it as a defense in their criminal codes. Some states have excluded it as a defense, reasoning that anyone who can be talked into a criminal act cannot be free from guilt. entrapmentn. in criminal law, the act of law enforcement officers or government agents to induce or encourage a person to commit a crime when the potential criminal expresses a desire not to go ahead. The key to entrapment is whether the idea for the commission or encouragement of the criminal act originated with the police or government agents instead of with the "criminal." Entrapment, if proved, is a defense to a criminal prosecution. The accused often claims entrapment in so-called "stings" in which undercover agents buy or sell narcotics, prostitutes' services, or arrange to purchase goods believed to be stolen. The factual question is: Would Johnny Begood have purchased the drugs if not pressed by the narc? entrapment encouraging a person to commit an offence to establish a prosecution. It is not a defence in the UK. However, the authorities should not commit crimes to trap the criminals. In the USA there has long been established a defence of entrapment where undercover police positively promote a crime that would not otherwise have occurred. The defence will not, however, be competent where policemen have merely joined an illegal practice - for example, seeking to be supplied with heroin while in the company of drug addicts with the same purpose.entrapment
Words related to entrapmentnoun a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officialsRelated Words- demurrer
- denial
- defence
- defense
- law
- jurisprudence
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