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provocation — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • entrapment noun The act of luring someone, especially by police, into committing a crime so they can be arrested for it.
  • provocation noun The act of deliberately annoying, angering, or inciting someone.

Senses

provocation is used for these senses in English:

  • entrapment (legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
  • provocation The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

entrapment — full definition

  1. noun The act of luring someone, especially by police, into committing a crime so they can be arrested for it.
  2. noun The state of being trapped.

provocation — full definition

  1. noun The act of deliberately annoying, angering, or inciting someone.
  2. noun Something said or done that provokes a strong reaction.

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