man-trap

man-trap or man·trap [man-trap] ExamplesWord Origin noun

an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
Slang. a woman who is purported to be dangerously seductive or who schemes in her amours; femme fatale.

Origin of man-trap First recorded in 1765–75 Examples from the Web for man-trap Historical Examples of man-trap

Doggone it, a bachelor never has any such a man-trap around in a fellow’s road.

B. M. Bower

“You got me out of that man-trap of yours,” Jerry continued.

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The man-trap which he had set would not now fail through Dea’s obstinacy.

Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Old Fulcher had not got far into the car before he put his foot into a man-trap.

George Borrow

You might both have got ten years for fixing a man-trap, to wit, a lethal engine.

Louis Tracy