decoy
noun
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
had decoyed
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past perfectof decoy.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The child who had decoyed him was, of course, somewhere about, and so also was Ferralti.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Donop, he presumed, was still at Mount Holly, whither Griffin had decoyed him; but he might soon march back.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
The knowledge that the man had decoyed Anne away on the previous night made Giles the more eager that he should be caught.
From A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story by Fergus Hume
And now in this forgetful winter of his love, Fate had decoyed him into optimistic quietude only to thrust savagely and deep.
From Kenny by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens
I expect that is why he had decoyed her away.
From A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story by Fergus Hume
