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DECOY
bait, decoy, lure
(noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
decoy, steerer
(noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
decoy
(verb) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
decoy (plural decoys)
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Verb
decoy (third-person singular simple present decoys, present participle decoying, simple past and past participle decoyed)
(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
(intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
Anagrams
• coyed
Source: Wiktionary
De*coy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decoying.] Etym: [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See Coy.]
Definition: 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. Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. Thomson. E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.
Syn.
– To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See Allure.
De*coy", n.
1. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
3. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
4. A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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