overtrap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To put too many traps in (an area) or among (an animal population), and thus to trap too many (animals, for their population to recover).

Word forms

overtrap overtraps overtrapping overtrapped

Etymology

From over- + trap.

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