Meaning & use
Decoying
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Present participle of "decoy," meaning luring a person or animal into a trap or dangerous position by deception.
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The duck hunters spent the morning decoying birds toward the blind.
The spy was decoying enemy agents away from the real meeting location.
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"Decoy" likely comes from the Dutch "de kooi," meaning "the cage," originally referring to a pond used to trap wild ducks.
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