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radar traps

radar traps is the plural of radar trap.

Meaning of radar trap

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

Questions about radar traps

What is radar traps the plural of?
Radar traps is the plural of radar trap.

Words near radar traps in the dictionary

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

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