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Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

trap

NOUN:	1. An attack or stratagem for capturing or tricking an unsuspecting person: ambuscade, ambush. See ATTACK. 2. Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult: bait, lure, snare. See LIKE, SAFETY. 3. Slang. The opening in the body through which food is ingested: mouth. Slang : gob², puss. See MOUTH. 4. A source of danger or difficulty not easily foreseen and avoided: booby trap, pitfall. See SAFETY.
VERB:	To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping: catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, snare, tangle, trammel, web. See FREE.


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