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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
entrap/ɪnˈtrap/

▶verb (entraps, entrapping, entrapped) catch in or as in a trap.

■ trick (someone) into committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution.

– derivatives
entrapment noun.

– origin C16: from OFr. entraper.

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