mousetrapping

Verb

mousetrap (third-person singular simple present mousetraps, present participle mousetrapping, simple past and past participle mousetrapped)

1. (figuratively, transitive) To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
   • He hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a year earlier.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2004, page 724
2. (Internet, transitive) To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.
   • The scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped.2005, Armando Ang, Greed & Scams, Inc

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