decoy
/ˈdiːkɔɪ/ verbe C2En français : appâter, leurrer, piéger
- To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap. · to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
- To act as, or use, a decoy. · As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.
He/she/it decoys · Prétérit decoyed · Participe passé decoyed · Forme en -ing decoying
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Dans la bibliothèque
The bird-trap was quite empty, as he had caught nothing, and he had to kill a pied Partridge, which he had tamed for a decoy.
William was decoyed up and shot, and had they only got the whole of the note and paid a little more attention to detail in the accessories, it is very possible that suspicion might never have been aroused.”
The idea of using her as a decoy was clearly already in his mind, though he may not have been certain how the details of his plot were to be arranged.
The old gentleman could not be decoyed outside of his grounds at night.
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