decoy

decoy is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] 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. Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. Thomson. E`en while fashion`s brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.

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