baby trap

English

Noun

baby trap (plural baby traps)

1. A situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
   • 2010, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Family Lies:

     The cynic surfaced, reminding him that she'd been accused of trying to spring the baby trap on Brad Comfort.

Verb

baby trap (third-person singular simple present baby traps, present participle baby trapping, simple past and past participle baby trapped)

1. To deliberately get oneself or one's partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
   • 2019, Sheena Perry, My Brother's Lady, My Baby 1: Please Be Mine!, page 56:

     While he had allowed me to blow him with that condom on, he removed it and applied his own before he dug into my guts. Now, my plan was much more practical than baby trapping.

   • 2022, Iris Morland, Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Plus-One:

     Because it sounds like you're insinuating that I'm trying to baby trap you, which is just gross.