booby-trap

See also: boobytrap and booby trap

English

Noun

booby-trap (plural booby-traps)

  1. Alternative spelling of booby trap

Verb

booby-trap (third-person singular simple present booby-traps, present participle booby-trapping, simple past and past participle booby-trapped)

  1. To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on.
    • 2021 September 22, “Network News: Station posters booby-trapped”, in RAIL, number 940, page 11:
      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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