detrap

English

Etymology

de- +‎ trap

Verb

detrap (third-person singular simple present detraps, present participle detrapping, simple past and past participle detrapped)

(transitive) To remove traps from.
- 1970, Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream:
  He had forgotten to tell Willie and Ara to detrap the hulk of the turtle boat. That is a hell of a thing to leave around if some poor fisherman comes onto it. Well, they can go back and detrap it.

Anagrams

depart, drapet, parted, petard, prated, rapted, tarped, traped

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