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speed trap

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speed trap
n.
Police officers or electronic devices concealed and deployed on a stretch of road to catch speeding drivers.

speed trap
Noun
a place on a road where the police check that passing vehicles are not being driven at an illegally high speed
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Noun1.speed trapspeed trap - a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders
snare, trap - something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
Translations
Spanish speed trap n (AUT) → control m de velocidades
French speed trap n (Aut) → piège m de police pour contrôle de vitesse
German speed trap speed nRadarfalle f
Italian speed trap n (AUT) → tratto di strada sul quale la polizia controlla la velocità dei veicoli

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