Decoy has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
2
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
3
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
Verb
1
lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
2
To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
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