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entrap
(redirected from entrapments)

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entrap
someone (in something )(with something ) Fig. to use something to deceive someone into involvement in something. The investigators entrapped Max into breaking the law with promises to buy the goods he stole. They entrapped Max into breaking the law.


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The FDA shares that long-term care facilities report the majority of entrapments and the number of tragic adverse events likely is higher because many cases go unreported.
CPSC estimates 1,200 injuries annually are the result of entrapments between the stair and the stepskirt of the escalator.
Then Otis service mechanics, and mechanics from the company's Vertical Transportation Services (VTS) unit, went building by building on their normal service routes to check for unreported entrapments starting in the most critical locations.
 
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