The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
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Entrapment
//ɪnˈtɹæpmənt//
Synonyms for "entrapment" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
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Translations
13 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- ansan virittäminen noun (action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime)
- loukkuun jääminen noun (state of being entrapped)
- vangitseminen noun (method of isolating cells or molecules)
French
4 entries- emprisonnement noun (state of being entrapped)
- provocation noun (action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime)
- séquestration noun (state of being entrapped)
- séquestration noun (method of isolating cells or molecules)
Korean
1 entries- 포집 noun (method of isolating cells or molecules)
Russian
4 entries- захва́т noun (state of being entrapped)
- захва́т noun (method of isolating cells or molecules)
- лову́шка noun (action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime)
- провока́ция noun (action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime)
Swedish
1 entries- brottsprovokation noun (action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Bowen talked of the entrapment of parenting, the anxiety that makes some women feel they are never free again: "We're forever waiting for the other shoe to drop, all the while trying to have a life."
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Entrapments in lifts were also on the increase, with an 18% increase across the most recent reporting period (2024-2025).
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A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.
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