All 3 Uses of
entrapment
in
David Copperfield
- I could have thrown my bootjack at him (it lay ready on the rug), for having entrapped me into the disclosure of anything concerning Agnes, however immaterial.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- 'You villain,' said I, 'what do you mean by entrapping me into your schemes?†
Chpt 40-42
- Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon-peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer-tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of a candlestick, were among the most remarkable.†
Chpt 49-51
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