mantrap

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Synonyms for mantrap

a very attractive or seductive looking woman

a trap for catching trespassers

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Borer Mantrap technology is used in safety and security critical applications where not only access authority but also positive proof of identity is required before granting access.
For applications where Mantraps are required, there are variety of Bullet Resistant Fiberglass Panels, Bullet Resistant Glass and Glazing and Bullet Resistant Doors, Frames and Hardware.
Chief Inspector Colin Murphy said the mantraps were designed to injure.
When originally introduced in 2007, it was rejected by the security industry because it did not involve physical deterrents such as mantraps, bullet resistant glass, guards or monitoring systems.
mantraps were a part of the design of its loading docks and wisely placed, technologically advanced camera systems and infared video and motion detectors ensured top-notch security for some of the city's most prestigious financial firms, but not at a cost to the design scheme.
On all sides minor celebrities sport puffy faces immobilised by Botox (Sharon Osbourne, are you listening?) and synthetic breasts are seen as mantraps.
KS1 and 2 children will appreciate the story and enjoy the detail in the illustrations, such as the pictures on the walls of Miss Breakbone's classroom--piranha, mantraps, guard dogs and other things with sharp teeth or spikes.
"Years ago they used to use mantraps to stop this kind of thing and it makes you feel like using them again, even though they're illegal."
Here you can crawl through sections of the tunnels and view the mantraps.
The preamble to the 1887 Alabama Code included a quote from George Sharswood, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice and University of Pennsylvania Law Professor, noting that "[t]here is certainly, without any exception, no profession in which so many temptations beset the path to swerve from the lines of strict integrity[,]" and emphasizing that in navigating the "pitfalls and mantraps at every step," the lawyer's "[h]igh moral principle is his only safe guide; the only torch to light his way amidst darkness and obstruction." (7)
In addition, entrances are secured with mantraps. The 50 employees who have clearance to go inside must pass through two sets of secured doors.
Zuel, 'Helping Boys to avoid the mantraps': Report on three papers given at the First Australian Conference on Men's Issues, Sydney, December, 1993, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 December 1993
[Frederic William] Maitland grimly observed: "A Dictionary should not be strewn with such mantraps."