Catch out
Catch out verb - Trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act.
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Trap
Trap verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.
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Subverted in that Solomon never intended this as a legitimate solution but only a trap to catch out the liar, leading to the phrase "splitting the baby" when someone destroys the subject of a dispute rather than assign it to one party.
Source: Golden Mean Fallacy
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