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  • 131lure# — lure n Lure, bait, decoy, snare, trap all denote something that leads an animal or a person into a particular place or situation from which escape is difficult. Lure suggests something that always attracts and often deceives {threw out all the… …

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  • 132trap — I n 1. pitfall, deadfall; snare, gin, net; mine, booby trap, man trap. 2. device, ploy, artifice, stratagem, wile, subterfuge, ruse, trick, Archaic. trepan; lure, decoy, bait, hook, Sl. come on; ambush, ambuscade, Obs. ambuscado. 3.Slang. mouth,… …

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