trapan (English, noun)
expansion: trapan (plural trapans)
Senses:
glosses: An act of entrapping or tricking; an entrapment; also, a thing which entraps or tricks; a snare or trap; a stratagem or trick.
qualifier: probably originally thieves' cant
glosses: A person (or occasionally an animal) that traps or tricks another into doing something that benefits them but harms the victim; a fraudster, a swindler, a trickster.
tags: archaic
obsolete
Forms:
form: trapans
tags: plural
form: trepan
tags: alternative