Meaning of honeypot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pot of honey.
2. Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
   US, dated, figuratively, slang
3. A romantic pet name; "honey".
   US, dated, figuratively, slang
4. A vulva or vagina.
   figuratively, slang
5. A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
   figuratively
6. A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
   figuratively
7. A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
   figuratively
8. A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
   British, figuratively
9. A chamberpot.
   euphemistic, obsolete
10. A slop bucket.
    euphemistic, obsolete

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Examples

“"[S]he had the boss eating from her honeypot." Baxter rolled his eyes at the crude term for pussy, but Rodney did have⟳ a point⟳.”

“And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards.”

“Perhaps in order⟳ to create⟳ his own⟳, more controlled environment for debaucherie, he set⟳ up a house of prostitution with Gestapo funds, justifying it as a "honeypot" with which to ensnare unsuspecting foreign diplomats.”

“The NKVD uses attractive ballerinas for honeypot espionage.”

“Wherever the biggest bunch of men were in the room, you could bet⟳ Lisa'd be in the middle of them. What a honeypot.”

“'You're turning into a honeypot,' he would say⟳ to her: it was a criticism of sins uncommitted, it was jeering as if she were getting above herself, it was a warning, no doubt⟳ of that, and there was something else which she could barely fathom, it was hurt⟳ at the approaching betrayal, a staving off of loss.”

“Computer experts install⟳ honeypots to trick⟳ hackers.”

“Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify⟳ Bath's position as a tourist honeypot.”

“ES's original intention was to run⟳ beyond Berlin to the tourist honeypots of Dresden and Prague, but a lack of suitable train⟳ paths means that won't be possible until March⟳ 2024.”

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