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Definition of Decoys

Decoy
Decoy De*coy", n. 1. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait. 2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot. 3. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them. 4. 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.

Meaning of Decoys from wikipedia

- Wildfowl decoys (primarily ducks, geese, s****birds, and crows, but including some other species) are considered a form of folk art. Collecting decoys has...
- Look up decoy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A decoy is a person, device, or event meant to distract. Decoy or Decoys may also refer to: Decoy (1934...
- Honfi–Barczay, Kecskemet 1977, with Black to play, illustrates two separate decoys. First, the white queen is set up on c4 for a knight fork: 1... Rxc4! 2...
- Decoys is a 2004 Canadian science fiction horror film directed by Matthew Hastings and written by Tom Berry and Hastings.[citation needed] The cast included...
- or have had decoys, including Manuel Noriega, Raoul Cédras, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Osama bin Laden. Of Noriega's four alleged decoys, Reeder said...
- the sequel to the film Decoys. It was originally titled Decoys 2: Rebirth, with its North American DVD release title being Decoys: The Second Seduction...
- Later decoys, such as Sieglinde, were motorised and could deploy their false target away from the host submarine, increasing safety. Decoys were also...
- (DLS) that launches radar or infrared decoys from naval vessels to foil incoming anti-ship missiles. The decoys present false signals and interference...
- known use of duck decoys was by ancient Egyptians, who used decoys made of clay on the Nile to hunt ducks and geese around 2500 BCE. Decoy ducks have been...
- that Starfish decoys diverted 968 tons of German bombardment. The Germans also built large-scale night-time decoys such as the Krupp decoy site (German:...