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booby trap

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booby trap n. a device set up to be triggered to harm or kill anyone entering the trap, such as a shot gun which will go off if a room is entered, or dynamite which will explode if the ignition key on an auto is turned. If a person sets up such a trap to protect his/her property he/she will be liable for any injury or death even to an unwanted intruder such as a burglar. Setting a booby trap is also a crime.
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Cpl Robert Deering, 33, was killed by a booby trap bomb in Afghanistan on December 21.
TOGETHER TILL THE END by The Mirror (London, England)
A ROYAL Marine was killed by a booby trap while trying to help fellow soldiers in the wake of an explosion in Afghanistan.
Marine's death by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
A ROYAL Marine was killed by an apparent booby trap while trying to help fellow soldiers in the wake of an explosion in Afghanistan.
Tribute paid to tragic Marine by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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