booby-trapped
- past participle of booby-trap.
- past tense form of booby-trap.
Example Sentences
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But the warehouse also was booby-trapped with Instagrammable photo-ops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
But these nefarious prompts can also be hiding out on the internet as AI agents built into browsers encounter online data of dubious quality or origin, and potentially booby-trapped with hidden commands from hackers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Rex's father, Tom, says it "feels like a lot of these things are booby-trapped".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
In “Anatomy of a Fall,” even the rawest of emotional truths turn out to be booby-trapped, and the ever-thin boundaries between life and art are repeatedly violated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
My guess is the pyramid is booby-trapped in some manner.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
