booby-trapped

past tense of booby-trap
as in mined
to place hidden explosive devices in or under booby-trapped the field bordering the army's camp

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Recent Examples of booby-trapped So what is a modernist like Mayer, who made such cool craft of ancient stuff 20 years ago with Spring Awakening, to do with something as hokey and booby-trapped as Chess? Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • The platform, which has 600 million active monthly users, mined search information.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress earlier this month that Iran had mined large segments of Hormuz.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 June 2026
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  • The two sisters entered the restaurant, ran behind the counter and attacked the 23-year-old employee after they were given a wrong order, prosecutors said, according to the outlet.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between the two countries since February, when Afghanistan attacked Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026

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“Booby-trapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booby-trapped. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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