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trepan(2) (iou)



trepan noun2. Long arch. Orig. trapan. M17.
[In sense 1 prob. from TRAP noun1 or verb2. In sense 2 from TREPAN verb2.]
A person who (for his or her own advantages) lures or tricks another into a disadvantageous or ruinous act or position. M17.
An act of entrapment; a stratagem, a trick; a trap, a snare. M17.
? Prob. orig. Criminals' slang.