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noun
A sophistical rhetorical device in which any denial by an accused person serves as evidence of guilt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Kafkatrap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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verb
To employ a Kafkatrap against (someone).
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Alternative letter-case form of Kafkatrap.
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Usage: alt-of
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History
From Kafka + trap, coined by American programmer & open source advocate Eric S. Raymond in 2010 (see the quotation below) in reference to the novel Der Proceß (The Trial, 1925) by the Bohemian author Franz Kafka (1883–1924), in which a man is accused of crimes that are never specified, and every defense is treated as proof of guilt.
