DECOY

Decoy

A decoy is usually a person, device, or event meant as a distraction, to conceal what an individual or a group might be looking for. Decoys have been used for centuries most notably in game hunting, but also in wartime and in the committing or resolving of crimes.

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decoy

Noun

  1. A person or object meant to lure something to danger.
  2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

Verb

  1. To act or use a decoy.
  2. To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
    to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net


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