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booby-traps

noun

Meaning

  1. An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
  2. A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
  3. (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
  4. To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data