decoy
noun
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
decoyed
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past participleof decoy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof decoy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
decoynouna person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
Example Sentences
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I sent him on a long scavenger hunt, then decoyed him in for a backhand drop and flicked it crosscourt into open space.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
But then: "The tempter came, like the serpent of Eden, and decoyed them with the majic word of 'freedom.'"
From Time ● Apr. 7, 2011
A fourth receiver, the end on the weak side, keeps the safety man decoyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Mrs. Bevan who "decoyed" the aide got $25,000 and the Robinsons received $125,000, which the male Robin son paid over to the female, and started divorce proceedings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of Monument I shall say nothing, as it really appears that he was decoyed to Cato Street ignorant of the object about to be pursued.
From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Theophila Carlile Campbell
