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How to use entrapment in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Entrapment means the state of being entrapped. Example: “The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.”

Examples of entrapment by meaning

nounThe state of being entrapped.

  • The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
  • Bowen talked of the entrapment of parenting, the anxiety that makes some women feel they are never free again: "We're forever waiting for the other shoe to drop, all the while trying to have a life."1988 February 14, Louise Rice, “Confronting The Mythology Of Motherhood”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 7
  • Entrapments in lifts were also on the increase, with an 18% increase across the most recent reporting period (2024-2025).2025 July 23, “Network News: Satisfaction levels with assisted travel unchanged... but lift failures increase”, in RAIL, number 1040, page...

nounAction by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and...

  • A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.

More sentences with entrapment

  • In theory, entrapment is against the law.From the entry law
  • No longer are stereotypical gay men the sole victims of police entrapment.1976 August 28, David P. Brill, “Talking Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 11. From the entry unemployable
  • Television entrapment isn't new: the "Dateline" segments echo Mike Wallace's hidden-camera ambushes on "60 Minutes" in the 70's. . . .2006 May 17, Alessandra Stanley, “Gotcha! 'Dateline' Paves a Walk of Shame for Online Predators”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Apr 2014. From the entry ambush journalism
  • The popliteal entrapment syndrome is a developmental disorder resulting in an anomalous relationship between the popliteal artery and muscle structures in the popliteal fossa.2006, Gregory J. Landry, edited by Gerald B. Zelenock, Mastery of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 53: Treatment of Nonatherosclerotic…. From the entry popliteal
  • Double entrapments thus take place in Judah's move: Judah turned Tamar's father's home into a trap for Tamar, and he also trapped Shelah in Bathshua's home.2021 October 4, Jione Havea, Losing Ground: Reading Ruth in the Pacific, SCM Press, →ISBN. From the entry ninja
  • Renal trauma caused by blunt force, entrapment, falls, puncture or accidental trocarisation may rupture the renal capsule leading to leakage of urine into the perirenal tissues.2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria…. From the entry trocarisation
  • One LGBTQ+ advocacy group that works with Nigerians told BBC Africa Eye that, each week, 15 to 20 people reach out to them with similar stories of entrapment and extortion.2023 May 16, Dylan Reber, “Gay Men in Nigeria Targeted in Dating App Extortion Scheme”, in Advocate. From the entry kito

Meaning of entrapment

  1. noun The state of being entrapped.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.

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Questions about entrapment in a sentence

How do you use entrapment in a sentence?
Entrapment is used as a noun. For example: “The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.”
What is a short sentence with entrapment?
“In theory, entrapment is against the law.”
What does entrapment mean?
Entrapment means the state of being entrapped.

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