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- 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.
- Decoy - n. - A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
- Decoy - n. - A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
- Decoy - 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.
- Decoy-duck - n. - A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger.
- Decoy-man - n. - A man employed in decoying wild fowl.
- Decoy-men - pl. - of Decoy-man
- Decoyed - imp. & p. p. - of Decoy
- Decoyer - n. - One who decoys another.
- Decoying - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Decoy
- Perchant - n. - A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.
- 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.
- Stool - n. - A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
- Capper - n. - A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].
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