"baby trap" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-baby trap.wav Forms: baby traps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} baby trap (plural baby traps)
  1. A situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship. Categories (topical): Pregnancy
    Sense id: en-baby_trap-en-noun-OabDkiZy Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-baby trap.wav Forms: baby traps [present, singular, third-person], baby trapping [participle, present], baby trapped [participle, past], baby trapped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} baby trap (third-person singular simple present baby traps, present participle baby trapping, simple past and past participle baby trapped)
  1. To deliberately get oneself or one's partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
    Sense id: en-baby_trap-en-verb-eAiQnXLl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Inflected forms

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