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=== trap question === | |||
* a syllogistic (logical) line of questions or thought that lead one's opponent to a logical conclusion in support of one's own argument | |||
* particularly powerful in trials, whereby the witness is "trapped" into an admission of some fact | |||
=== understatement === | === understatement === | ||