'The aim of the kafkatrap is to produce a kind of free-floating guilt in the subject, a conviction of sinfulness that can be manipulated by the operator to make the subject say and do things that are convenient to the operator's personal, political, or religious goals...'

Be sure to read this post from William Jacobson, "Kafkatrapping."

And here's a confession: I've never read Franz Kafka.

But follow that llink. You'll immediately understand "Kafkatrapping" in all of its regressive glory.