decoy

IPA: dʌkˈɔɪ

A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.

(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
(intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.

Examples of "decoy" in Sentences

The decoy then returns to also feed on the eggs.
The carrier is connected to the decoy by string means.
The dog is directed to search the blinds for the decoy.
Decoy tanks added to the deception of the unsuspecting Iraqi army.
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The Decoy Commander is also amphibious and has the ability to cloak.
Usually a gap is in the decoy spread to allow ducks to land in the gap.
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This decoy moves in the current and attracts the attention of real fish.
Closing of the latch prevents the duck decoys from sliding off the device.
The decoy is provided with a body capable of floating on the water surface.
The duck decoy was a method, perfected in the Netherlands, of catching ducks.
Sure, the birds fly all day, but getting one to decoy is close to impossible.
This works well with decoy shy ducks, because sometimes the best decoy is none at all.
A team led by the University of Cambridge bred chickens with a piece of DNA that produces what researchers dubbed a decoy molecule, which tricks and diverts an enzyme key to the flu virus' reproduction.