trap street
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fictitious or inaccurately represented street on a map, inserted as a means of detecting plagiarism.
Example Sentences
- "Trap streets are used as a weapon in corporate warfare, but in certain circumstances, trap streets can be used to fight a different kind of battle. Molly Metropolis certainly understood the importance of trap streets, and as she constructed her map of real train lines and paper ones, she included traps of her own."