Decoy Meaning in Spanish
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Definition & Synonyms
• Decoy
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
- (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
- (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
- (n.) A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.
- (n.) Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
• Decoy-duck
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger.
• Decoy-man
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) A man employed in decoying wild fowl.
• Decoy-men
Definition & Meaning
- (pl. ) of Decoy-man
• Decoyed
Definition & Meaning
- (imp. & p. p.) of Decoy
• Decoyer
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) One who decoys another.
• Decoying
Definition & Meaning
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decoy
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