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Decoy

Decoy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Decoy? [n] something used to lure victims into danger [n] a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) [v] lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy Synonyms \| Synonyms for Decoy: bait \| lure \| steerer Related Terms \| Find terms related to Decoy: agent provocateur \| allure \| allurement \| attract \| attraction \| bait \| bait the hook \| baited trap \| birdlime \| blandish \| booby trap \| by-bidder \| cajole \| capper \| catch \| catch out \| charm \| chicane \| chicanery \| coax \| come-on \| come-on man \| deadfall \| deathtrap \| deceive \| deception \| decoy duck \| delude \| Dionaea \| draw \| draw in \| draw on \| drawcard \| drawing \| drawing card \| endearment \| enmesh \| ensnare \| ensnarl \| entangle \| entice \| enticement \| entoil \| entrap \| enweb \| firetrap \| flirt \| flirt with \| flytrap \| gin \| give the come-on \| ground bait \| hook \| hook in \| induce \| inducement \| inveigle \| inveiglement \| lead on \| lime \| lure \| mesh \| mine \| mislead \| mole trap \| mousetrap \| net \| noose \| offer bait to \| pitfall \| plant \| rattrap \| rope in \| seduce \| seducement \| set gun \| shill \| snare \| snarl \| sniggle \| spread the toils \| spring gun \| stall \| stool pigeon \| stoolie \| suck in \| tangle \| tempt \| temptation \| toll \| trap \| trapfall \| trick \| trickery \| trip \| wile \| wind \| woo See Also \| accomplice \| beguiler \| cheat \| cheater \| confederate \| deceiver \| device \| entice \| fish lure \| fisherman's lure \| ground bait \| lure \| roper \| shill \| slicker \| stool pigeon \| tempt \| trap \| trickster Decoy In Webster's Dictionary \Decoy"\ (d[-e]koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.] 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.

Decoy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decoy?

[n] something used to lure victims into danger
[n] a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
[v] lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decoy: bait | lure | steerer

Decoy In Webster's Dictionary

\De*coy"\ (d[-e]*koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet,
soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.]
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.

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