Trap Play

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(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated

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synonym: mousetrap
plural: Trap Plays
possessive: Trap Play's
pluralpossessive: Trap Plays'

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