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someone or something used for trickery — especially to lure

The ducks were attracted by our decoys.

Wooden tanks were used as decoys.
The plane can release chaff or flares as a decoy.
The perfect decoy—that was Dana.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
A philanthropist and friend of labor bishop—a Civic Federation decoy duck for the chloroforming of the wage-working-man!
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
It seems to be a provision of Nature; a decoy to secure mothers for the race.
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
The old gentleman could not be decoyed outside of his grounds at night.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
In actuality, the armored car is a decoy—for security measures, Oswald will be led to a police car instead.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
While Redd's forces were occupied with the decoys, Alyss and her companions made it to the outskirts of the Chessboard Desert.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
After a few miles Randy told Malachai to look for signs of the place where Dan Gunn had been decoyed and beaten.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
So he palmed you off on the Lightwoods and hoped you might be of some use to him later, as a decoy.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
—and the old one de Tournay—were they the two fugitives who, unconsciously, were used as a decoy, to entrap their fearless and noble rescuer.
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
Just like duck decoys in front of a hunter's blind.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
Just Black was laid out as the decoy, and I was going to be the fool.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
For my decoy project, I wanted to job-shadow a social worker, which the Senior Boards committee approved.
Gaby Rodriguez -- The Pregnancy Project
He said he had travelled through the Northern States and Canada; and though the abolitionists had tried to decoy him away, they had never succeeded.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
I had assumed that it was empty, that it went up in the air as a decoy.
Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
"That man up there is a decoy," replied Jason, his soft voice suspended in a cold monotone.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
He's the decoy and knows nothing.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
The breath at the door again, the sound of a light footfall headed toward my decoy.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host

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