a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.

anything used as a lure.

a trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot.

an artificial bird, as a painted wooden duck, used for the same purpose.

a pond into which wild fowl are lured for capture.

an object capable of reflecting radar waves, used as a spurious aircraft, missile, chaff, etc., for the deception of radar detectors.

to lure by or as if by a decoy

They decoyed the ducks to an area right in front of the blind.

to become decoyed

Ducks decoy more easily than most other waterfowl.

noun

allurement , attraction , beard * , blind , blow off * , booster , camouflage , catch , chicane , chicanery , come-on , deception , drawing card , ensnarement , enticement , facade , fake , front , imitation , inducement , inveiglement , lure , nark , plant , pretense , seducement , shill , sitting duck * , snare , stick , stoolie , stool pigeon * , temptation , trick , trickery

verb

allure , come on , con , deceive , delude , egg one on , ensnare , ensorcell , entice , fascinate , inveigle , lead on , lead up garden path , lure , mislead , mousetrap , rope in , seduce , shill , steer , suck in , tempt , toll , tout , trap , wile , bait , camouflage , drill , entrap , fake , plant