devices designed to catch and hold animals or people; situations designed to deceive or catch someone off guard
From Old English 'træppe', related to Middle Dutch 'trappe' meaning 'trap, snare'
The phrase 'trap music' gets its name from 'trap houses' where drugs were sold - the music genre literally emerged from places designed to trap people in cycles!
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