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- November 12 2022
- Bit of deception used as a lure
Bit of deception used as a lure
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| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | DECOY | Bit of deception used as a lure | USA Today |
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. |
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