Answer:
We have spotted DECOY (5 Letters) a total of 10 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with DECOY and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. |
• | Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait. |
• | A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot. |
• | A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them. |
• | A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Hunter's diversion
- Odd duck maybe?
- Duck hunter's lure
- Hunters plastic duck e.g.
- Diversionary device
- Inducement
- Faux fowl
- Wooden duck
- Fake duck
Usage among publishers:
- Universal: Jul 12, 2024
- New York Times: May 30, 2024
- Newsday: Oct 25, 2023
- LA Times: Jul 24, 2023
- Universal: Jul 16, 2023
- Newsday: Jul 15, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Jul 7, 2023
- Universal: Jun 20, 2023
- Universal: Jan 10, 2023