trap house

or trap·house

[ trap hous ]

noun

1. Slang. a place where illicit drugs are bought, sold, or used.
2. a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trap house¹

First recorded in 1940–45 (trapshooting shelter); and in 2005–10 (place to buy drugs, with reference to drugs as an inescapable “trap”); trap ¹( def ) + house ( def )

Example Sentences

The affidavit says Miller and Jones frequently traveled to Phoenix to purchase the pills, then shipped them to a “trap house” in Sacramento used to store the drugs, which were then sold in Sacramento or shipped to customers nationwide.

From Seattle Times

Three others, including trap house owner Vicky Bannister, were convicted at the trial - which senior police officers hope will lead to more prosecutions for modern slavery.

From BBC

"I'm stuck in this trap house. I don't know how to get home, would you be able to get us home?"

From BBC

Will Menaker, co-host of the leftist comedy/politics podcast “Chapo Trap House,” says, “The seed of what would become ‘Chapo’” was planted when he first saw “UHF,” Yankovic’s 1989 movie about a man of dubious prospects who is given control of a marginal TV station.

From Los Angeles Times

But a few weeks after the inciting incident, the leftist podcasters of Chapo Trap House were using “Brandon” as shorthand for the president, and the term “Brandonized” to refer to the milquetoast political center he occupied.

From Slate