booby-trap

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booby-trap

noun booby-traps

  1. alternative Alternative form of booby trap

verb booby-traps · booby-trapping · booby-trapped

  1. transitive To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on. Transport for London and the RMT union are united in their condemnation of anti-COVID vaccination extremists who are booby-trapping posters on the London Underground and other stations with razor blades.

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@misc{booby_trap_2026,
  title = {booby-trap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/booby-trap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}