booby trap

broadly

(military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object. / A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.

Japanese Meaning

（軍事的意味）意図的に隠された、または無害に見せかけた、対人用の仕掛け（罠）。 / （冗談としての意味）誰かが入室する際に落下物などが発生するように仕掛けられた、いたずら用の罠。

What is this buttons?

The soldiers suspected the abandoned house might contain a booby trap, so they called in the explosives team.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

兵士たちは放棄された家に無害な物に偽装された対人用の仕掛け爆弾が仕掛けられているかもしれないと疑い、爆発物処理班を呼んだ。

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Sense（1）

(military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.

Sense（2）

A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.

Sense（3）

(by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.

booby traps

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