| 单词 | police trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolice trap police trap n. a means or arrangement employed by police for detecting or apprehending lawbreakers; (now) esp. an arrangement used for detecting motorists who exceed a speed limit; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > police trap police trap1872 1872 W. Jackson Philos. Nat. Theol. 65 The fraudulent procedure turns out a very useful police-trap. 1903 World's Work July 123/2 To set police traps for a man going thirteen miles an hour on an open road is sheer idiocy. 1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France vii. 173 The others fell successively into a Vichy police trap..at the Villa des Bois. 2003 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 7 Nov. 3 A man who drove through Lincoln at speeds of up to 70mph, mounted pavements and avoided police traps has failed to win a cut in his sentence. < as lemmas |
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