noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Officer Jane Langlois acted as a decoy to catch the rapist.
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The burglars started the fire as a decoy so that they could escape from police.
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You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the back.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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During those tests kill vehicles would have to find their targets among an array of decoys and countermeasures.
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Elmer and Mr Nordberg haul in the decoys and Bob and Cully climb out.
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He knew it was a decoy , but could find no other.
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It was a decoy to hide the fact that they were also killing members of the political opposition.
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It was an irresistible lure, like the quack of a decoy duck.
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On the drive down, he had given some thought to using her as a decoy .
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They use them as a decoy for surface to air missiles and they will do that during training.
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Two will be described here: pillow mounds and former rabbit warrens, and decoys for taking wildfowl.