entrapped
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What to know: Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen, host of Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator,” in this drama about the moral gray areas of a show that entrapped pedophiles for entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
A few weeks later Ferguson was entrapped by the News of the World newspaper, videoed apparently offering to sell access to Andrew for £500,000.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
At the 2020 trial, Lindberg’s lawyers argued in part that he didn’t commit a crime and that he was entrapped by Causey’s participation with authorities.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
They’re not easily entrapped, these two, and who can blame them for keeping the fruits of their painstaking labor secret?
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
Even a Negro, entrapped by ignorance and exploitation—as I had been—could, if he had the will and the love for it, learn to read and understand the world in which he lived.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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