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1. (n.) decoy
a person who entices or lures another, as into danger or a trap.
2. decoy
anything used as a lure.
3. decoy
an artificial bird or a trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot.
4. decoy
a pond into which wild fowl are lured for capture.
5. decoy
an object capable of reflecting radar waves, used to fool radar detectors.
6. (v.i.) decoy
to lure or be lured by or as if by a decoy.
Etymology: (1610–20; var. of coy (now dial.) < D (de) kooi (the) cage, MD cōie < L caveacage)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) decoy, steerer
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
2. (verb) bait, decoy, lure
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
3. (verb) decoy
lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Decoy
anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait
2. (noun) Decoy
a fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot
3. (noun) Decoy
a place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them
4. (noun) Decoy
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
5. (verb) Decoy
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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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Decoy
An imitation in any sense of a person, object, or phenomenon which is intended to deceive enemy surveillance devices or mislead enemy evaluation. Also called dummy.
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Sense: anything intended to lead someone or something into a trap
The policewoman acted as a decoy when the police were trying to catch the murderer.
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 Afrikaans: lokaas, lokmiddel |
 Arabic: شَرَك، إغْواء |
 Bulgarian: примамка |
 Brazilian: engodo |
 Czech: návnada, lákadlo |
 German: der Köder |
 Danish: lokkedue |
 Greek: κράχτης, δόλωμα |
 Spanish: cebo, señuelo |
 Estonian: peibutis |
 Farsi: هرچه که به عنوان طعمه یا |
 Finnish: harhautus |
 French: piège |
 Hebrew: פִּיתָיוֹן |
 Hindi: फंसाने के लिए भेजा गया को |
 Croatian: mamac, vabljenje |
 Hungarian: csalétek |
 Indonesian: pemikat, umpan |
 Icelandic: tálbeita |
 Italian: esca |
 Japanese: おとり |
 Korean: 유인물 |
 Lithuanian: jaukas |
 Latvian: māneklis; slazds; lamatas |
 Malay: umpan |
 Dutch: lokvogel, lokaas |
 Norwegian: lokkedue/-fugl |
 Polish: przynęta |
 Persian: هرچه که به عنوان طعمه یا |
 Pashto: دښكارزړى، مله، طعمه، هغه |
 Portuguese: engodo |
 Romanian: momeală |
 Russian: приманка |
 Slovak: návnada |
 Slovenian: vaba |
 Serbian: mamac |
 Swedish: lockbete |
 Thai: นกต่อ |
 Turkish: yem |
 Taiwanese: 誘餌，圈套，誘騙 |
 Ukrainian: принада |
 Urdu: کسی جانور یا شخص کو دھوکے |
 Vietnamese: con mồi |
 Chinese: 引诱物，圈套，诱骗 |
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