leghold trap
noun
leg·hold trap
ˈleg-ˌhōld- 
also ˈlāg-
: a jawed usually steel trap that is used to hold a wild mammal and operates by springing closed and clamping onto the leg of the animal that steps on it
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The team used a padded leghold trap with bait.
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Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2021
The theatrics were typical of Rep. Young, who once stuck his hand in a steel-jaw leghold trap until his fingers turned blue, while arguing that such traps weren’t painful to animals.
—Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
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Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2021
The theatrics were typical of Rep. Young, who once stuck his hand in a steel-jaw leghold trap until his fingers turned blue, while arguing that such traps weren’t painful to animals.
—Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
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“Leghold trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leghold%20trap. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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