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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. |
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Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives
and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait. |
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A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice
other fowl into a net or within shot. |
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A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in
order to take or shoot them. |
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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. |
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