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decoy

noun / verb

Meaning

  1. nounA person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
  2. verbTo lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

    Example: to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net

  3. nounA real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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