Decoy

Definition of Decoy

De`coy´ Pronunciation: dė`koi´

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Decoyed (-koid"); p. pr. & vb. n. Decoying.] Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. - Thomson. E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. - Goldsmith.
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.
	2.	A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
	3.	A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
	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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