English to English
decoy
(d/I/'k//Oi//
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noun (n)
- a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
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