decoy
11decoy — I noun allure, allurement, ambush, attraction, bait, blind, camouflage, deception, disguise, diversion, enticement, imitation, inducement, inlex, inveiglement, misleader, simulation, trap, trick associated concepts: entrapment II index bait ( …
12decoy — UK US /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ noun [C] MARKETING ► a name that is placed on a company s mailing list (= list of names and addresses of people to whom advertising is sent) in order to check if the list is being used without the owner s permission …
13decoy — is pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun and with variable stress as a verb …
14Decoy — For other uses, see Decoy (disambiguation). Carved, wooden duck decoys A decoy is usually a person, device or event meant as a distraction, to conceal what an individual or a group might be looking for. Decoys have been used for centuries most… …
15decoy — UK [ˈdiːkɔɪ] / US [ˈdɪkɔɪ] / US [dɪˈkɔɪ] noun [countable] Word forms decoy : singular decoy plural decoys 1) a person or thing that you use to trick someone into going somewhere or doing something 2) a real or artificial bird used for attracting… …
16decoy — [[t]di͟ːkɔɪ[/t]] decoys 1) N COUNT If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people s attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place. Nick… …
17decoy — To inveigle, entice, tempt, or lure; as, to decoy a person within the jurisdiction of a court so that he may be served with process, or to decoy a fugitive criminal to a place where he may be arrested without extradition papers, or to decoy one… …
18decoy — To inveigle, entice, tempt, or lure; as, to decoy a person within the jurisdiction of a court so that he may be served with process, or to decoy a fugitive criminal to a place where he may be arrested without extradition papers, or to decoy one… …
19decoy — decoyer, n. n. /dee koy, di koy /; v. /di koy /, n. 1. a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like. 2. anything used as a lure. 3. a trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or… …
20decoy — [16] Dutch kooi means ‘cage’ (it comes from Latin cavea ‘cage’, source of English cage). The term came to be applied specifically to a pond which had been surrounded with nets into which wildfowl were lured for capture. English took it over, but… …
