[noun] [C] - something or someone used to trick or confuse other people or animals into doing something, esp. something dangerousThey used a girl hitch-hiker as the decoy to get him to stop.A decoy duck is a model duck used to get the attention of wild duck and bring them near to the hunters.
DECOY
Meaning of DECOY in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012