Both Uses of
entrapment
in
The Merchant of Venice
- Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea; the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word, The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.†
Scene 3.2
- Here in her hairs The painter plays the spider, and hath woven A golden mesh t' entrap the hearts of men Faster than gnats in cobwebs: but her eyes!†
Scene 3.2 *
Definition:
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(entrapment) law: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tempted or tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials