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entrapment

[en-trap-muhnt] / ɛnˈtræp mənt /






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State law bars prosecuting people who erroneously end up on the rolls, and if the government later encourages them to vote, there’s an entrapment defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Reenacting Hind’s entrapment took a toll on the cast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

And some of them were entrapment, I would say.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024

The hazards of entrapment and fire are both in the list that Awaab's Law should tackle in the social-rented sector.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024

The entrapment occurs in three distinct phases, each of which has been explored earlier, but a brief review is useful here.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

City manager Bert Cunningham said the worst damage was east of the town, with as many as four entrapments reported.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022

No study has shown that bumpers prevent entrapments — or that it is something that needs guarding against.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2019

In a few cases, the changes might seem more stringent, but the intent is actually to avoid penalty entrapments.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 13, 2017

The towns, in Boone’s eyes as in those of many of the Borderer settlers, were rife with legal entrapments and predatory businessmen.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2016

These ice entrapments are a short-term boon for the bears, giving them an easy source of fatty food they can just scoop out of a hole in the ice.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 4, 2015




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