3 entries found for trap.
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Function: noun
Text: 1 a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise <undercover agents devised a trap to catch the counterfeiters> <a bear trap>
Synonyms ambush, net, snare, web
Related Words entanglement, entrapment; booby trap, catch, hazard, pitfall, snag; deception, ploy, ruse, subterfuge, trick
2 a scheme in which hidden persons wait to attack by surprise <an overland route to the Far East that was once notorious for the many robbers who laid traps for unsuspecting wayfarers> -- see AMBUSH 1