Definitions from Wiktionary (decoy)
▸ noun: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
▸ noun: A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
▸ noun: Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
▸ noun: An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
▸ verb: (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
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▸ noun: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
▸ noun: A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
▸ noun: Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
▸ noun: An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
▸ verb: (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
Similar:
lure,
bait,
decoy-duck,
button,
body double,
dangle,
wily beguily,
sucker trap,
bogeyman,
stiff,
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