decoy
noun
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
have decoyed
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present perfectof decoy.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Cost of equipment and wages has gone up; motor cars have decoyed passengers and, by crowding thoroughfares, have increased cost of running cars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who knows how many young men you have decoyed to their doom by your smiles.
From Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind by Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh
If even Ralph had appeared, she would have decoyed him into her own room, and locked him up there, if necessary.
From The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank Richard Stockton
I have decoyed you here; I have followed you like your shadow.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Felix Dahn
The British, however, led by the Nantuckois, whom they have decoyed into their service, have begun this fishery.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
