decoy
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈdiːkɔɪ/
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señuelo
- It's a decoy to draw the enemy's fire.
So they used him as a decoy before Normandy.
- So they used him as a decoy before Normandy.
- And I was a decoy and I'd done hundreds of decoy jobs that never worked ever.
- Yeah, well, we told some jokes and then he kind of got got back using Matt Damon as a as a decoy.
Examples
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As part of their strategy, they hired an actor to serve as a decoy in the elaborate scheme.
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So in other words, I was a decoy?
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You set yourself up as a decoy to help us!
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What I do not understand is why we need a decoy.
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One of us is a decoy.
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So they used him as a decoy before Normandy.
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Send B-Dawg out as the decoy.
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The decoy team leaves the hotel, entering a waiting Mercedes sedan.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm the decoy.
Fiction book (1995) -
Bumblebee, you're the decoy.
Synonyms
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9.9
A person who gives the police secret information about criminals
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9.9
A person who secretly encourages others to break the law to make them look guilty
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6.9
A person who tries to make others do wrong things
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9.9
A person or thing used to hide someone's real plan
A person who tricks people into danger so others can steal from them
A person who tricks others by saying things that are not true
Compounds
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Decoy comes from the old Dutch phrase de kooy, 'the cage', first used for places that trapped birds. A decoy as a person is someone who draws others into danger or a trap, so the name is like 'a person who leads you into a cage'.