Australian English Meaning of decoy
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Definitions and Meaning of decoy in English
decoy (n)
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
decoy (v)
lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
decoy (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.
decoy (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.
A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
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.
FAQs About the word decoy
decoy
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot), something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed,
Bait,bait,Scent,trap,ambush,appeal,attraction,draw,Entanglement,inducement
repellent,repellent
decouple => Decoupling, decoupage => Decoupage, decorum => decorum, decorticator => decorticator, decortication => decoration,
