entrap

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Chip makers use it as a carrier gas to entrap and transport certain chemicals, transfer energy to chemical reactants and cool silicon wafers during production.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

The document outlines the myriad ways the country’s security agents would try to surveil, entrap, compromise and recruit American visitors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

A man takes his daughter to a pop concert, only to discover when he arrives that the whole thing is a sting operation set up by the FBI to try and entrap a dangerous criminal.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Angwang’s lawyers, however, contend that the interrogation was a setup to entrap the officer, despite having his federal case dropped by the Justice Department earlier.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

“I don’t know if you are legit, crazy or trying to entrap me,” she wrote.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin