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Entrapment vs Instigation - What's the difference?

entrapment | instigation |

As nouns the difference between entrapment and instigation

is that entrapment is the state of being entrapped while instigation is the act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

entrapment

English

Noun

  • The state of being entrapped.
    • The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
  • (legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
    • A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment .
  • (chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.

    • instigation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
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    Related terms

    * instigate * instigator