They recognized the deathtrap.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
The "protected" train had proved a deathtrap, and by the time the line was clear every fourth man was killed or wounded.
"Real Soldiers of Fortune"
Richard Harding Davis
En route to his taciturn and, not to put too fine a point on it, not yet perfectly sober companion Mr Bloom who at all events was in complete possession of his faculties, never more so, in fact disgustingly sober, spoke a word of caution re the dangers of nighttown, women of ill fame and swell mobsmen, which, barely permissible once in a while though not as a habitual practice, was of the nature of a regular deathtrap for young fellows of his age particularly if they had acquired drinking habits under the influence of liquor unless you knew a little jiujitsu for every contingency as even a fellow on the broad of his back could administer a nasty kick if you didn't look out.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce