decoy | English to English Dictionary

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decoy

(d/I/'k//Oi// )

a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)(noun.person)

Synonym:
steerer

source: wordnet30
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
bait, lure

source: wordnet30
Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.(noun)

source: webster1913

lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy(verb.social)

source: wordnet30
To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.(verb)

source: webster1913

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