| Main Entry: | honey trap |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a strategy whereby an attractive person coerces another person into doing or revealing something; also, a person employing this strategy to entrap another; also written honeytrap |
| Example: | It's the oldest sting in the book - the honeytrap. |
| Etymology: | originally in espionage, now mainly applied to journalism |
| Usage: | mainly UK |