Entrapment

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Definitions and meanings of "Entrapment"

What do we mean by entrapment?

The state of being entrapped.

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 method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.

Making someone do something that is wrong, telling them it is what needs to be done to get them out of trouble. Urban Dictionary

When a girl deliberately gets pregnant unbeknowns to the guy to obligate a guy into marriage. Urban Dictionary

Xbox Live God Gamertag: en7rapmen7 Urban Dictionary

Entrapment is when officials/citizens/DOT intentionally follow around somebody with PTSD and Dissociative Identity Disorder and purposely and deliberately scare them, try to convince them they're delusional when they're not and tryin to accuse them of being addicted to meth when they are NOT and will gladly pass a piss test, blood test, saliva test...or ANY other drug test at ANY time and if she catches ANY of her so called "friends" anywhere NEAR her...she?Will press charges. Urban Dictionary

A social booby trap, usually set on purpose by a host intent on making sure you're available for their lame or otherwise undesirable event; most often set in person, in the flow of an otherwise harmless conversation. One should be on the lookout for this trap, and have a few handy excuses on hand to preempt or avoid making oneself unintentionally available. Trap is most effective on the honest, the sympathetic, and otherwise nice folks who can't just say "F**K off!" Urban Dictionary

The US state of New Mexico. A play on the state's official nickname, "Land of Enchantment". The reference is really to the state's high poverty rate and relative lack of economic opportunity, which renders many people unable to get up enough money to leave, even if they want to. Urban Dictionary

Nickname for New Mexico, based on the state's moto the "Land of Enchantment." Not particular to any city or area within the state. Urban Dictionary

Santa Fe, New Mexico. A play on New Mexico's state saying 'Land of Enchantment' (which is also true), because people either never leave Santa Fe or they return eventually. Urban Dictionary

Girls on social networking/dating sites that try to make some kind of misguided feminist statement by posting a suggestive/provocative status, taking screenshots of dirty/pervy messages they've received in response and posting them on their profiles in order to try and publicly shame the men that sent them. Urban Dictionary

Cognitive Entrapment (n.) The mental state in which a person becomes overly committed to a particular perspective or ideological framework, such as the "red pill, blue pill" rhetoric, thereby reducing their ability to perceive or consider the complexity of an issue at hand. Synonyms: Ideological lock-in, belief perseverance, intellectual tunnel vision. Antonyms: Intellectual agility, cognitive flexibility, open-mindedness. Urban Dictionary

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The word "entrapment" in example sentences

LISA BLOOM, COURT TV ANCHOR: Yes. that's a bad argument to raise, because, if you use the word entrapment, you admit to the underlying offense, but you say the cop made you do it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Dealing with obesity - avoid short term entrapment ❋ Unknown (2010)

That's not even "entrapment" -- as if Warman was some sort of uncover policeman. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The prosecution spotlighted a rare but gruesome accident called entrapment, in which powerful suction from a pool's drain traps a swimmer underwater. ❋ Ashby Jones (2011)

And in terms of, you know, entrapment, which is what took my child ` s life, and it has forever altered this little girl ` s, it ` s-- this is something where there is a fix for it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I think that's called entrapment but what are you going to do? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Indeed, the show's styling reinforced the idea of entrapment and suffocation as intricately and beautifully woven, form-fitting death masks obscured the models' faces. ❋ Unknown (2011)

While many will sympathise with him and question the ethics of what Triesman described as entrapment by a newspaper, the fact that his words were made public sealed his fate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Neuropathic pain can occur as the result of such conditions as shingles, cancer, phantom limb pain, the phenomenon known as entrapment neuropathy -in which a nerve is pinched (as occurs in carpal tunnel or chronic back pain syndromes) - and peripheral neuropathy, which is common among diabetics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The men are scheduled to be sentenced in April and could face life in prison for their roles in a case that supporters called entrapment and prosecutors said was a pre-emptive strike against homegrown terrorism in a post-Sept. 11 era. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pool drain entrapment occurs when a pool drain cover is defective or missing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The fact that it took the feds nearly 12 months to get the men to accept fake weapons in order for them to be charged with "conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction within the United States" is evidence in and of itself that this was a case of entrapment, which is only confirmed when we learn that "The FBI and other agencies monitored the men and provided an inactive missile and inert C-4 to the informant for the defendants."

4,900 LaJobi cribs recalled entrapment and strangulation hazard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By the time his son was two weeks old, this abrupt change and the feelings of "entrapment" it brought had made Sandler a wreck. ❋ Health (2011)

Lord David Triesman insisted he was a victim of "entrapment" and his comments were "never intended to be taken seriously." ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Police man]: Kill your [accomplice] Theif: NO! why would i do that??? Police man: If you kill your accomplice, i wont take you to jail Theif: THIS IS [ENTRAPMENT]!!! ❋ ChickenTikka (2008)

[That ugly] [biatch] be wanting to get married for a long time, when you [sack] her be careful of entrapment. ❋ C&H (2004)

"The best [deagle] [aroun], give him his [crown]" ❋ Ryan (2004)

Kyle, Harry and all [Cherokee's] so called friends deliberately and purposely followed her around, and played tricks on her to purposely scare her, not knowing her best friend was murdered 13 years ago and although detective [James Roberts] knew that cherokee who did it...she would not talk due to threats on her and her kids' lives. In the process of tryin to set me up, which is [entrapment], the Inspector Gadget Crew managed to endanger the lives of Cherokee, her kids, her grandkids, her entire family and?all her friends from the?BGD Gang...congratulations DUMBASSES ❋ Computing Henry (2019)

Host: "Hey, great t-shirt!" Prey: "Thanks....[I made it] on Cafe Press." Host: "Cool. So are you in town this weekend?" Prey: "Yeah, we don't go away until next month." Host: "GREAT! Then you can come to my SmurfExchange [Party on] Friday night!" **[BLAM]: Prey has just become a victim of invitational entrapment, and now must attend lame event. ❋ Daddymike (2012)

I'd like to move to LA or Seattle, but here in [Carlsbad], I can only get a part-time [dishwashing job]. So I guess I'm stuck here in the Land of [Entrapment]. ❋ Leslie Doppler Hammond (2008)

"Man, I thought I'd move away years ago but [New Mexico] is totally [the Land] of [Entrapment]." ❋ 505sula (2007)

Man, [Santa Fe] is the Land of [Entrapment].' I'll never be able to [move to] California. ❋ YourMom (2004)

Guy 1: "Hey look. This girl just posted [a screenshot] of a message you sent her saying you'd love to [suck on] her tits!" Guy 2: "What the fuck, man!? I only sent her that because she posted a selfie of her in her bra with the [caption] 'What do you think of these, guys? ;)'. Now it just looks like I sent her that for no reason!" Guy 1: "Damn, that sucks dude. What a fucking Entrapment Whore!" ❋ GlasgowGuy (2015)

The "[red pill], [blue pill]" analogy risked leading to [cognitive entrapment], simplifying nuanced debates into a binary choice and obstructing meaningful dialogue. ❋ Kewk (2023)

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