About The Word Decoy
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Decoy
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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 \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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