"baby trap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: baby traps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} baby trap (plural baby traps)
  1. The 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-Q6V2RDu5 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 65 35

Verb

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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