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booby_trap

booby trap

See also: boobytrap and booby-trap

English

Noun

booby trap ‎(plural booby traps)

(military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
(by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall

Related terms

boobytrap

Translations

antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object

Arabic: شَرَك m ‎(šarak), فَخّ m ‎(faḵḵ)
Armenian: ական-ծուղակ ‎(akan-cułak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 餌雷 (zh), 饵雷 (zh) ‎(ěrléi)
Dutch: boobytrap
Finnish: ansa (fi)
French: piège (fr) m, objet piégé (fr) m
Georgian: სატყუარა ნაღმი ‎(saṭq̇uara naɣmi), დაფარული საფრთხე ‎(daparuli saprtxe)
German: Sprengfalle (de) f
Hebrew:
Hungarian: meglepő akna

Italian: trabocchetto m
Japanese: ブービートラップ ‎(būbī torappu)
Norman: attrape-nigaud m
Persian: دام انفجاری
Portuguese: armadilha (pt) f
Russian: ми́на-лову́шка (ru) f ‎(mína-lovúška)
Swedish: försåtminering c
Tamil: சூழ்ச்சிப் பொறி ‎(cūḻccip poṟi)
Turkish: bubi tuzağı (tr)
Vietnamese: bẫy mìn

See also

IED