entrapment

noun

1. 1

   The state of being entrapped.

   “The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.”

2. 2

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

3. 3

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