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decoy

 
Noun decoy has 2 senses
  1. decoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
    --1 is a kind of deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker; accomplice, confederate
    --1 has particulars: roper; shill
  2. bait, decoy, lure - something used to lure victims into danger
    --2 is a kind of device
    --2 is a part of trap
    --2 has particulars: fisherman's lure, fish lure; ground bait; stool pigeon
    Derived form: verb decoy1
Verb decoy has 1 sense
  1. decoy - lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
    --1 is one way to
    entice, lure, tempt
    Derived form: noun decoy2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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