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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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If corporate bonds, even highly rated bonds, have a few booby-traps sprinkled about, then bond buyers will correspondingly charge more for their loans, suggested Rollert, who finds himself looking for financial land mines buried in disclosure documents. Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 with amended Protocol II). |
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