[tɔɪlz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- used in reference to a situation regarded as a trap
(e.g: Henry had become caught in the toils of his own deviousness)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century (denoting a net into which a hunted quarry is driven): plural of toil, from Old French toile ‘net, trap’ (see toile)