booby trap

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The scene from 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark shows Indiana Jones - played by Harrison Ford - outrunning a giant boulder triggered by a booby trap, before leaping to safety.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The soldiers passed a Russian military identification document, fluttering in the wind on the lawn of a house, but did not touch it to check the name, fearing a booby trap.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022

And he must navigate a legislative jungle that his opponents are trying to booby trap with amendments that could wreck his path to Brexit.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2019

Sweep her car for booby trap and swaddle her in bubble wrap, She's staying alive, stayin' alive.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2019

Possibly the cup of tea was Dudley’s idea of a clever booby trap.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling