"Decoy" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
To inveigle, entice, tempt, or lure; as, to decoy a person within the ju-risdiction of a court so that he may be serv-ed with process, or to decoy a fugitive criminal to a place where he may be arrested without extradition papers, or to decoy one away from his place of residence for the pur-pose of kidnapping him and as a part of that act In all these uses, the word implies enticement or luring by means of some fraud, trick, or temptation, bat excludes the idea of force. Eherllng v. State, 136 Ind. 117, 35 N. E. 1023; John v. State, 6 wyo. 203, 44 Pac. 51; Campbell v. Hudson, 106 Mich. 523, 64 N. W. 483
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.
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.
A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice
other fowl into a net or within shot.
A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in
order to take or shoot them.
Cinder flexed her tongue, testing it, and raised her voice."I am princess Selene."Levana leaned forward. "Your are an impostor!""And I am ready to claim what's mine. People of Artemisia, this is your chance. Renounce Levana as your queen and swear fealty to me, or I swear that when I wear that crown, very person in this room will be punished for their betrayal.
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An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy.
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Read the complete definitionAny enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
Read the complete definitionTo draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
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