Charlie and Abi trap politicians (7)
I believe the answer is:
cabinet
'charlie and abi trap politicians' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'charlie and abi trap' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'trap' becomes 'net' (net is a type of trap).
'c'+'abi'+'net'='CABINET'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cabinet that I've seen before include "The place to display" , "Ministerial committee" , "Case" , "See 18" , "Piece of furniture or inner government group" .)