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booby trap definition

booby trap

  1. any scheme or device for tricking a person unawares
  2. a bomb or mine that is set to be exploded by some action of the intended victim, as when some seemingly harmless object is lifted

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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