decoy
noun [C] /ˈdiː.kɔɪ/Definition
› something or someone used to trick or confuse other people or animals into doing something, especially something dangerous: They used a girl hitch-hiker as the decoy to get him to stop.Faking and pretending decoy /dɪˈkɔɪ/ verb [T]
(Definition of decoy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- affect verb (PRETEND)
- assume verb (PRETEND TO HAVE)
- believe verb
- changeling noun
- charlatan noun
- fake verb (OBJECT)
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- false modesty noun
- falsify verb
- feign verb
- masquerade as sb/sth phrasal verb
- massage verb (FACTS/NUMBERS)
- pass sth/sb off as sth/sb phrasal verb
- phoney adjective
- play-acting noun
- purport verb
- put sth on phrasal verb (PRETEND)
- quackery noun
- simulate verb
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