"debt trap" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From debt + trap",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "debt traps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "debt trap (plural debt traps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones."
      ],
      "id": "en-debt_trap-en-noun-SGal4-1f",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(abstract) A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abstract"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schuldenfalle"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
          "word": "bẫy nợ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "debt trap"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From debt + trap",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "debt traps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "debt trap (plural debt traps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English abstract nouns",
        "English countable nouns",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(abstract) A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abstract"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuldenfalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
      "word": "bẫy nợ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "debt trap"
}