trap phone

noun

A prepaid cell phone, often used by criminals to conduct illegal activity.

Meanings

nountrap phone (plural trap phones)

plural trap phones

  1. informalA prepaid cell phone, often used by criminals to conduct illegal activity.

    2015, David Kushner, The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted, Rolling Stone According to her, he tossed Jessica a burner — their "trap phone" — and said, "You guys have both been getting a lot of calls. Get ready."

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    2015, Diedre Dyer, You Can Now Turn Your iPhone Into A Trap Phone, TheFader Making the decision to swap your hi-tech iPhone for a lo-fi trap phone is a daring step back in time. But for those in need of a noncommittal, untraceable means of communication—namely Anna Wintour, drug dealers, and Rihanna—it's truly the only way to hit up your homies.

    2015, Benjamin Mueller, Over 2 Dozen Charged in Rockland County Drug Scheme, The New York Times One of the men charged, Brandon Thomas, 20, in November wrote on Twitter, “I make money without a 9-5 gimmie some feens a trap fone and I’ll be fine...,” which prosecutors roughly translated as a boast that he did not need a real job because drug addicts (“feens”) and a work phone (“trap phone”) were enough to line up deals.

    2015, Eric Diep, Pusha T, 'King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude,' Track-by-Track Review, Billboard A seasoned veteran of the drug world, the Pyrex God isn’t here to water down his lyrics for no one. “Trap phone, gun at your backbone / Graduated from the corner where the crack’s grown,” he rhymes.

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