-mənt noun
( -s )
1. : the act or process of entrapping
had the good luck to be witness to the entrapment of a species … not seen in these parts for some years
the entrapment of air contaminated with unwanted gases — Ceramic Abstracts
specifically : the luring by an officer of the law of a person into the commission of a crime in order that he may be prosecuted for the offense
brutality, third degree, duress, and entrapment are vigorously condemned — J.E.Hoover
2. : the condition of being entrapped
did I have the right to risk the entrapment in the ice of our 276 men — Glen Jacobsen
his entrapment into marriage to a Southern girl whom he did not really love — James Hilton