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Entapment 

Police officer sting operation in restroom to entrap persons soliciting gay sex by tapping foot to signal availability to person in adjacent bathroom stall.
Some have characterized the recent Minnesota restroom stall sting arrest of U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) as entapment. The senator stands accused of tapping his toes to signal to an undercover police officer in the adjacent stall that he was soliciting gay sex.
Entapment by WesternRooster December 9, 2008

encrapment 

A technique used by undercover police when performing a sting operation to entrap a felcher like Larry Craig while cottaging in an airport rest room.
Noting the abnomally wide stance of the guy in the next stall, The officer grunted and moaned trying to get cottager's attention.

In the next stall Repugnican Senator Larry Craig became more and more aroused. The sound of the yound cop pinching a loaf drove the old skat lover wild. He thought he'd found a blumpkindred spirit. Little did he know he'd soon be the victim of encrapment.

Craig later claimed his wide stance was just to to keep his trousers up. Everyone knew it was really to accomodate his gaping asshole aquired from years of fisting.
encrapment by Cuntoleezza Rice November 6, 2007

invitational entrapment 

A social booby trap, usually set on purpose by a host intent on making sure you're available for their lame or otherwise undesirable event; most often set in person, in the flow of an otherwise harmless conversation. One should be on the lookout for this trap, and have a few handy excuses on hand to preempt or avoid making oneself unintentionally available. Trap is most effective on the honest, the sympathetic, and otherwise nice folks who can't just say "F**K off!"
Host: "Hey, great t-shirt!"
Prey: "Thanks....I made it on Cafe Press."
Host: "Cool. So are you in town this weekend?"
Prey: "Yeah, we don't go away until next month."
Host: "GREAT! Then you can come to my SmurfExchange Party on Friday night!" **BLAM: Prey has just become a victim of invitational entrapment, and now must attend lame event.

Land of Entrapment

The US state of New Mexico. A play on the state's official nickname, "Land of Enchantment". The reference is really to the state's high poverty rate and relative lack of economic opportunity, which renders many people unable to get up enough money to leave, even if they want to.
I'd like to move to LA or Seattle, but here in Carlsbad, I can only get a part-time dishwashing job. So I guess I'm stuck here in the Land of Entrapment.

entrapment 

Making someone do something that is wrong, telling them it is what needs to be done to get them out of trouble.
Police man: Kill your accomplice

Theif: NO! why would i do that???

Police man: If you kill your accomplice, i wont take you to jail

Theif: THIS IS ENTRAPMENT!!!
entrapment by ChickenTikka December 16, 2008

land of entrapment

Nickname for New Mexico, based on the state's moto the "Land of Enchantment." Not particular to any city or area within the state.
"Man, I thought I'd move away years ago but New Mexico is totally the Land of Entrapment."
land of entrapment by 505sula November 26, 2007
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