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honey traps

honey traps is the plural of honey trap.

Meaning of honey trap

Noun

honey trap (plural honey traps)

  1. (idiomatic) The use of a romantic or a sexual relationship to entice a person into revealing secret information.
    • “Some girl had made a fool of him,” said Connie with great contempt. “The Dutch set him a honey trap, my dear, and he barged in with his eyes wide shut.”1974, John le Carré, chapter 12, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, →ISBN

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Questions about honey traps

What is honey traps the plural of?
Honey traps is the plural of honey trap.

Words near honey traps in the dictionary

  1. honey trap
  2. honey trapped
  3. honey trapper
  4. honey trappers
  5. honey trapping
  6. honey traps
  7. honey tube
  8. honey tubes
  9. honey up
  10. honey wagon
  11. honey wagons

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