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booby trap

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noun

  1. a hidden explosive device primed in such a way as to be set off by an unsuspecting victim
  2. a trap for an unsuspecting person, esp one intended as a practical joke, such as an object balanced above a door to fall on the person who opens it

verb

Word forms:  booby-trap, traps, -trapping, -trapped
  1. tr to set a booby trap in or on (a building or object) or for (a person)

Example Sentences Including 'booby trap'

Dissident republicans place a booby trap under a car in Sion Mills
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Guy Furoy said police believe the sophisticated booby trap attached to the lock on a home on Abelard Ave. was potentially lethal.
Toronto Sun (2003)
He was setting an exploding booby trap when it accidentally went off.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
More important, how to detect the presence of a lethal booby trap.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers
Neither the lorry nor the van was entered before Felix and his bomb squad had cleared them for possibly booby trap devices.
Seymour, Gerald Field of Blood
The Polish casualties came when the troops were hit by shrapnel from a booby trap set off by remote control, the ministry said.
canada.com (2004)
When she opened the safe, she stood to one side, as Boyd had instructed her; she couldn't discount the possibility of a booby trap.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)

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