verb/pje.ʒe/
to trap (catch in a trap), to trick, to set up
“Deux hommes armés m'attendaient devant ma maison : ils ont voulu me piéger.” — Two armed men had been waiting for me outside my house: they wanted to trap me.
Related: voiture piégée
Inherited from Middle French piegier, from Old French piegier. By surface analysis, piège + -er.