Decoy

Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (n.) Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
  • (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
  • (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
  • (n.) 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.

Compare decoy with other words:

decoy vs. decry

decoy vs. decoyer

capper vs. decoy

decoy vs. dummy

decoy vs. pyrotechnics

bait vs. decoy

decoy vs. ploy

decoy vs. game

decoy vs. hunter

decoy vs. fake

decoy vs. real

danger vs. decoy

decoy vs. lure

decoy vs. flare

decoy vs. stool

coy vs. decoy

allure vs. decoy

decoy vs. stale

decoy vs. train