booby trap
noun
a hidden bomb or mine so placed that it will be set off by an unsuspecting person through such means as moving an apparently harmless object.
have booby-trapped
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present perfectof booby-trap.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They must have booby-trapped the place against intruders.
From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Donald Allen Wollheim
