"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.
Holding up an oil-paper umbrella,I loiter aimlessly in the long, longAnd lonely rainy alley,I hope to encounterA lilac-like girlNursing her resentmentA lilac-like color she hasA lilac-like fragrance,A lilac-like sadness,Melancholy in the rain,Sorrowful and uncertain;She loiters aimlessly in this lonely rainy alleyHolding up an oil-paper umbrellaJust like meAnd just like meWalks silently,Apathetic, sad and disconsolateSilently she moves closerMoves closer and castsA sigh-like glanceShe glides byLike a dreamHazy and confused like a dreamAs in a dream she glides pastLike a lilac spray,This girl glides past beside me;She silently moves away, moves awayUp to the broken-down bamboo fence,To the end of the rainy alley.In the rains sad song,Her color vanishesHer fragrance diffuses,Even herSigh-like glance,Lilac-like discontentVanish.Holding up an oil-paper umbrella, aloneAimlessly walking in the long, longAnd lonely rainy alley,I wish forA lilac-like girlNursing her resentment glide by.
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Read the complete definitionAny enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
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