entrapment

nouns

a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
entrapment
is derived from
entrap
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
"he gave evidence for the defense"
defence, defense, demurrer, denial