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Decoy

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounA person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
2.NounA real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
3.NounDeceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
4.NounAn assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
5.VerbTo lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
"to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net"
6.VerbTo act as, or use, a decoy.
"As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away."
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