entrapment.

1. The state of being trapped in a place or difficult situation.

2. Improper official inducement of someone to commit an offense, potentially supporting a legal defense.

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Words that belong together

• sense of entrapment
• physical entrapment

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The narrow passages intensified her sense of entrapment.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.