baited traps
Set with bait
Baited traps are devices set to catch animals or pests, loaded with food or other lures to attract prey: We set baited traps for the mice in the basement.
The phrase extends to any situation designed to entice someone into a disadvantageous position: The interviewer's friendly questions were baited traps.
- snareDevice for catching prey
- lureThing that tempts
- preyAnimal being hunted
- sitting duckDefenseless person or thing
- hunterPursuer of prey
catch · ambush · cage · hook · decoy · predator · lie in wait · cunning · wire · spring · spring loaded · trigger · jaws · pit · capture · ensnare · catch and release · quarry
- trappingsnare, snares, trapline, traplines, leg hold
- fishing trapslobster pots, crab pots
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear