trap house
noun [ C ] US informal uk/ˈtræp ˌhaʊs/ us/ˈtræp ˌhaʊs/
(尤指空置的房屋)非法出售毒品的地方, 贩毒屋
a place, especially an empty house, where illegal drugs are sold
She was selling drugs in a trap house. 她在毒品屋贩毒。
The gangs use abandoned houses - known as trap houses - for illegal gambling, drugs, and prostitution. 黑帮分子利用废弃房屋(又称贩毒屋)来经营非法赌博、贩毒和卖淫。
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- My mum said, "Put your coat away. We don't live in a trap house".
- She said that a trap house is the product of a society that shuns and condemns addicts.
- "Anything that is illegal, more than likely it's going to be going on at a trap house", he said.