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mousetrap definition

mouse·trap (-trap′)

noun

a trap for catching mice

transitive verb mousetrapped -·trapped′, mousetrapping -·trap′·ping

☆ to trick or ensnare by means of a feint or stratagem

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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