honey trapper

noun

The person who operates, or serves as bait, in a honey trap.

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Meanings

nounhoney trapper (plural honey trappers)

plural honey trappers · alternative honeytrapper

  1. The person who operates, or serves as bait, in a honey trap.

    My mate—who is a Labour staffer—was featured in reports earlier this month about the Westminster honeytrapper, where it was revealed that UK politicians and parliamentary staffers had been target in a phishing attack.

    2024 April 27, Rebecca Watson, “Encounters with the Westminster honeytrapper”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23
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honey trapper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honey%20trapper

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“honey trapper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honey%20trapper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “honey trapper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honey%20trapper.

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