Entry Word: trap

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise <undercover agents devised a trap to catch the counterfeiters> <a bear trap>

Synonyms ambush, net, snare, web

Related Words entanglement, entrapment; booby trap, catch, hazard, pitfall, snag; deception, ploy, ruse, subterfuge, trick

2 a scheme in which hidden persons wait to attack by surprise <an overland route to the Far East that was once notorious for the many robbers who laid traps for unsuspecting wayfarers> — see ambush 1