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Meanings of decoy in English

Russian
ложная цель
Portuguese
chamariz
Spanish
señuelo
Catalan
parany
Wikidata

Person, device, or event designed as a distraction meant to fool or divert an automated device, someone, another living being, or some natural process.

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        Wikidata

        Fake military equipment intended to deceive the enemy.

              Russian
              завлечение

              Chess term.

                      Related terms
                      завлечение

                      A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

                            Usage of decoy in English
                            1
                            A good decoy is not an exact simile, but a good caricature.
                            The new yorker
                            2
                            The decoy was still in the place where he had set it.
                            The Lone Ranche
                            3
                            The decoy rejected her password, and then restored the true opening screen.
                            Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
                            4
                            The Indians were a decoy? Jesse fell silent for a long moment.
                            Gods go begging
                            5
                            He was to be a decoy; a decoy for the whole band.
                            Triple Spies
                            6
                            The decoy effect may also be rife in sales of high-end goods.
                            BBC
                            7
                            The one that Reich used to decoy Dr. Jordan off the planet.
                            The Demolished Man
                            8
                            Grey had used a duplicate as his decoy, back at the amphitheater.
                            Skin Game
                            9
                            Sabé serves from time to time as my decoy, my loyal bodyguard.
                            Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
                            10
                            They saw nothing but the wretched decoy vanishing behind the nearest tents.
                            It Is Never Too Late to Mend
                            11
                            It was just what Joe wanted; it would make a valuable decoy.
                            Locusts and Wild Honey
                            12
                            The flight plan should show Canada, but that would be a decoy.
                            61 hours
                            13
                            If nothing else, she might serve as a decoy for the reavers.
                            The Lair of Bones
                            14
                            She was a decoy duck, bedad, and the whole thing a plant.
                            The Firm of Girdlestone
                            15
                            He found our hunters blowing in a desultory fashion on their decoy.
                            The corfu trilogy
                            16
                            Two Puffs,-whohad money given to them to decoy others to play.
                            The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
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                            Translations for decoy
                            Spanish
                            señuelo
                            Decoy through the time
                            Decoy across language varieties
                            United States of America
                            Common
                            United Kingdom
                            Common