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radar trap

radar trap noun: a roadside location, manned by police or similar officials, where a device that emits a radar beam is used to monitor the speeds of motor vehicles in order to apprehend motorists in violation of the speed limit.

Noun

radar trap (plural radar traps)

  1. A roadside location, manned by police or similar officials, where a device that emits a radar beam is used to monitor the speeds of motor vehicles in order to apprehend motorists in violation of the speed limit.
    • In Rochester, after Kenneth Butters complained about fast driving along Woodbine Avenue, police set up a radar trap and nabbed five speeders, including Butters.1956 September 10, “Miscellany”, in Time
    • He had been allegedly clocked by a mobile radar trap on the M2 at Winston Hills at 120kmh in a 100kmh zone.2006 December 27, Dylan Welch, “Shots fired at bus and police”, in Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, retrieved 03 Jun 2013

Forms of radar trap

pluralradar traps

Questions about radar trap

What does radar trap mean?
Radar trap means a roadside location, manned by police or similar officials, where a device that emits a radar beam is used to monitor the speeds of motor vehicles in order to apprehend motorists in violation of the speed limit.
What part of speech is radar trap?
Radar trap is a noun.
What is the plural of radar trap?
The plural of radar trap is radar traps.

Words near radar trap in the dictionary

  1. radar image
  2. radar images
  3. radar meteorology
  4. radar reflector
  5. radar reflectors
  6. radar trap
  7. radar traps
  8. radared
  9. radargram
  10. radargrams
  11. radaring

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