honeytrap

/ ˈhʌnɪˌtræp /

noun

1. informal.
   a scheme in which a victim is lured into a compromising sexual situation to provide an opportunity for blackmail

Example Sentences

"I really was having very dark thoughts," he tells me in his first broadcast interview about his involvement in Parliament’s "honeytrap" scandal.

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The 44-year-old was arrested in February in what his family called a "honeytrap operation" involving the gay dating app Grindr, and was given a six-month suspended sentence plus a £2,100 fine, against which he unsuccessfully tried to appeal.

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A British-Mexican man who was arrested in Qatar in what his family called a “honeytrap operation” on gay dating app Grindr has been given a six-month suspended sentence and will be deported.

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But he was instead met by police and arrested on drug charges, in what his family called a "honeytrap operation".

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The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a "honeytrap" operation using the gay dating app, Grindr.

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