Entrapment
n. in criminal law, the act of law enforcement officers or government agents inducing or encouraging a person to commit a crime when the potential criminal expresses a desire not to go ahead.
Entrapment: A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.
ENTRAPMENT - A person is 'entrapped' when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents to commit a crime that he had no previous intent to commit; and the law as a matter of policy forbids conviction in such a case.
Entrapment- The act of inducing a person to commit a crime so that a criminal charge will be brought against him.
Entry- A statement of conclusion reached by the court and placed in the court record.
Entrapment:
The inducement, by law enforcement officers or their agents, of another person to commit a crime for the purposes of bringing charges for the commission of that artificially-provoked crime.
ENTRAPMENT - Entrapment occurs when police engage in impermissible conduct that would induce an otherwise law-abiding person to commit a crime in similar circumstances, ...
entrapment - In criminal procedures, a complete defense. The defendant must show that officers induced the defendant to commit a crime not contemplated by him, for the purpose of instituting a criminal prosecution against him.
Entrapment
A technique by law enforcement officers or their agents to induce the commission of a crime so that the person induced to commit the crime can be charged.
entrapment
Action of a law enforcement officer which induces someone to commit an offence that they would not otherwise have committed.
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Entrapment
Definition - Noun
1 : the action or process of entrapping <~ is un-American and has no place in law enforcement Tip O'Neill>
2 : the state or condition of being entrapped
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entrapment - The act of officers or agents of a government in inducing a person to commit a crime otherwise not contemplated for the purpose of instituting a criminal prosecution against that person.
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Expanded Legal Definition of EmbraceryEntrapment The inducement, by law enforcement officers or their agents, of another person to commit a crime for the purposes of bringing charges for the commission of that artificially-provoked crime.
With respect to a criminal charge, defenses such as alibi, consent, duress, entrapment, ignorance or mistake, infancy, insanity, intoxication, and self-defense can result in a party's acquittal.
Veterinary Dictionary:
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Affirmative Defense - Apart from denying a charge or claim, a defendant may assert affirmative defenses such as insanity, self-defense or entrapment to avoid criminal responsibility, ...
A defense in which the defendant introduces evidence, which, if found to be credible, will negate criminal or civil liability, even if it is proven that the defendant committed the alleged acts. Self-defense, entrapment, insanity, ...
 See also: Evidence, State, Law, Action, Person
  
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