What is Entrapment?
'''Entrapment''' is [[wikt:induce|inducement]]<ref>Inducement: trap or trick or persuade or offer help</ref> to commit a [[crime]], especially by authorities, to get a [[conviction]].<ref>''Concise Oxford Dictionary'' p451.</ref> The [[implication (grammar)|implication]] is that the person might otherwise have been unlikely to commit the crime. In some countries, entrapment is a possible [[Defense (legal)|defense]] against [[criminal]] [[wikt:liability|liability]]. Another similar term is '''''agent provocateur''''', an older [[French language|French]] term for the person who does the inducing. A [[sting operation]] is a more sophisticated way to trap criminals. It usually involves leaving a [[bait]], and filming or catching whoever takes the bait. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Types of crime]] [[Category:Law enforcement]] [[Category:Criminal justice]]