Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. · A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game. · Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target. · An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap. · To act as, or use, a decoy.
From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).
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