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lure, entice, inveigle, decoy, tempt, seduce mean to lead astray from one's true course. lure implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting and deceiving.

A decoy (derived from the Dutch de kooi, literally "the cage" [1] or possibly eenden kooi, "duck cage" [2]) is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lure them.

DECOY definition: 1. something or someone used to trick or confuse people, especially something or someone that is…. Learn more.

1. lure, attraction, bait, trap, inducement, enticement, ensnarement He acted as a decoy to draw the dogs' attention away from the children.

A decoy is something or someone used to trick, mislead, or lure someone into a particular action, often as a distraction from their original objective, or used to divert attention away from the real object or person of interest.

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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.

Definition of decoy noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When infra-red homing is used decoy hot sources may be used to deflect the incoming weapon. Many are caught by means of female elephants previously tamed, and trained to decoy males into the snares. This was the location of a Q site decoy aerodrome for Methwold.