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noun
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a device, machine, or the like whose structure or function suggests a trap for mice.
3.
a device, system, or stratagem for detecting and catching someone in an unauthorized or illegal act.
4.
Football. trap1 (def. 11).
verb (used with object)
5.
Informal.
a.
to trap or snare: traffic cops mousetrapping drunken drivers.
b.
to manipulate by devious or clever means; trick or outwit: to mousetrap the witness into a contradiction.
6.
Football. trap1 (def. 20).
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Mousetrap
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
7.
build a better mousetrap, to make or offer a superior product.
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