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Decoy \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.
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2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to
entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
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3. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in
order to take or shoot them.
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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.
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Decoy \De*coy"\ (d[-e]*koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed}
(-koid"); 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.
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Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. --Thomson.
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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}.
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