How to Use entrapment in a Sentence

entrapment

noun
  • His lawyer argued that he was a victim of police entrapment.
  • This course takes an in-depth look at fire entrapment and escape.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The defense argued these statements could help prove the entrapment claim.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
  • So, yes, that's entrapment, and that's something that we're not supposed to be involved with.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • Might there be a graceful way to extricate oneself from entrapment of this sort?
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Though rare, quicksand entrapment can turn deadly.
    — Outside, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Judges have also raised concern about entrapment and whether the stings went too far by luring suspects with fake plots.
    — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2017
  • Judges also have raised concerns about entrapment and whether the stings went too far by luring suspects with fake plots.
    — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018
  • In suburbia, the plight of Franzen’s housewives is of a piece with their entrapment.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The most chilling feature of the videos is the suggestion of entrapment.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
  • There was reported entrapment, but a search of the building didn’t find anyone.
    — Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2018
  • The loungers have low sides and wide openings, creating entrapment and fall hazards.
    — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Both loungers have low sides and wide openings, creating entrapment and fall hazards.
    — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The sense of entrapment in the show is literal and emotional.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The special traces their plight from their entrapment to the last rescue, 18 days later.
    — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 13 July 2018
  • Those who fall into swift water should not attempt to stand up, as doing so could result in a foot entrapment.
    — Longmont Times-Call, The Denver Post, 8 June 2019
  • Only a drastic change can perhaps open one’s entrapment to reveal there’s something to live for.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The threat of domestic entrapment was urgent, the fight ardent.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The state has called for a hearing on the entrapment allegation before the judge rules on any dismissal.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But with the major characters free from their entrapment in the next two films, the trilogy loses much of its charm.
    — Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Police think overeating may have been the reason for the furry creature's entrapment.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The water level in the creek was very low, so no vehicles were submerged and there was no entrapment, police said.
    — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The impact from the crash caused two vehicles to go off the roadway, and it was reported to police as an entrapment.
    — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The case marks one of the rare instances in which an entrapment defense was even partly successful in a terrorism case.
    — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The president, echoed by his officials, was trying to blame the Afghans for their own entrapment.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The video shows images of the aftermath following the bear's entrapment.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 3 June 2023
  • The questions were an effort to counter the defense's entrapment strategy.
    — Ed White, ajc, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The entrapments of reenactments and the seemingly endless cycle of self-loathing that can ensue are too high a price to pay.
    — Larry Ruhl, Longreads, 12 Apr. 2018
  • But entrapment feels wrong, spying feels wrong, and there's a sense that Americans should have privacy in their own homes.
    — Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Dating apps have been used for entrapment in India, Senegal, and Kenya.
    — Matt Burgess, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022

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