decoy
/D AH0 K OY1/noun
- 1
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- 2
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
verb
- 1
To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
“to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net”
- 2
To act as, or use, a decoy.
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