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entrapments

entrapments is the plural of entrapment.

Meaning of entrapment

Noun

entrapment (countable and uncountable, plural entrapments)

  1. The state of being entrapped.
    • The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
  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.
    • A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.
  3. A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.

Phrases with entrapments

Questions about entrapments

What is entrapments the plural of?
Entrapments is the plural of entrapment.

Words near entrapments in the dictionary

  1. entransy
  2. entrant
  3. entrants
  4. entrap
  5. entrapment
  6. entrapments
  7. entrapped
  8. entrapper
  9. entrappers
  10. entrappest
  11. entrappeth

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