booby trap

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Noun

booby trap (plural booby traps)

1. (military) 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.

Related terms

• boobytrap

Translations

• French: piège, objet piégé
• German: Sprengfalle
• Italian: trabocchetto
• Portuguese: armadilha
• Russian: ми́на-лову́шка

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