entrapment

noun3

1. •
   The state of being entrapped.

   • The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
2. •
   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.
3. •
   A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.