honey traps
Romantic intelligence operations
A honey trap is a scheme using romantic or sexual attraction to lure someone into a compromising position—typically for espionage, blackmail, or exposure.
Intelligence agencies have long used honey traps to extract secrets from targets.
The term now extends to any seduction deployed strategically: She suspected the flirtatious stranger was a honey trap sent by her husband's lawyers.
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- lureThing that tempts
- snareDevice for catching prey
bait · femme fatale · spy · temptation · pillow talk · subterfuge · decoy · swallow · deception · double agents · intelligence asset · manipulation tactics · exploitation · asset · spycraft · ruse · cover story · tradecraft
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- covert operationsundercover agents, covert ops, stings, infiltration, deep cover
- corporate espionagetrade secrets, corporate spying, moles, formulas, infiltration
- disinformationdisinformation, misinformation, misinformation campaigns, fake news, propaganda
honey trapsenhanced interrogation
Euphemism for abusive questioning
interrogation · torture · waterboarding · blackmail · extortion
honey trapsstick
Thin piece of wood
punishment · threats · coercion · intimidation · fear tactics
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