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Entrapment Definition

What is entrapment?

In criminal law, entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or agent induces a person to commit a criminal offense they would not otherwise have committed, or law enforcement purposefully takes steps to increase the severity of the offense. If a private person induces the defendant to commit a crime, that is not entrapment. If the police legally entrap a person, the person is not guilty of the charged offense.

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