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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: bait, lure, steerer
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
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