Related Words for decoy

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lure
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Noun, Verb
bait
/
Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
dummy
/x
Noun
ruse
/
Noun
duck
/
Noun
trap
/
Noun
ploy
/
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
fake
/
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
camouflage
/xx
Noun
diversionary
x/xxx
Adjective
surrogate
/xx
Noun
tactic
/x
Noun
snare
/
Noun
predator
/xx
Noun
disguised
x/
Adjective
snipe
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Noun
target
/x
Noun
phantom
/x
Noun
stratagem
/xx
Noun
torpedo
x/x
Noun
subterfuge
/xx
Noun
misdirection
xx/x
Noun
masquerade
xx/
Noun
bomb
/
Noun
mallard
/x
Noun
poacher
/x
Noun
prey
/
Noun
gimmick
/x
Noun
foil
/
Noun
entrap
x/
Verb
waterfowl
/xx
Noun
unwitting
x/x
Adjective
patsy
/x
Name
phoney
/x
Noun
stealth
/
Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
phony
/x
Noun
dupe
/
Noun
pigeon
/x
Noun
covert
/x
Adjective
hunt
/
Noun
hunter
/x
Noun
undercover
xx/x
Adjective
pheasant
/x
Noun
trick
/
Noun
camo
/x
Noun
prop
/
Noun
gambit
/x
Noun
puppet
/x
Noun
bird
/
Noun
bodyguard
/xx
Noun
bogus
/x
Adjective
bluff
/
Noun
recon
/x
Noun
spook
/
Noun
prank
/
Noun
stunt
/
Noun
missile
/x
Noun
deceiver
x/x
Noun
coax
/
Noun
cuckoo
/x
Noun
coward
/x
Noun
button
/x
Noun
menace
/x
Noun
seducer
x/x
Noun
device
x/
Noun
rogue
/
Noun
tempter
/x
Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
escort
x/
Noun
foolhardy
/xx
Adjective
gullible
/xx
Adjective
sneak
/
Noun
trickster
/x
Noun
pawn
/
Noun
snake
/
Noun
gull
/
Noun
tease
/
Noun
willy
/x
Name
crook
/
Noun
coyote
x/x
Noun
knave
/
Noun
captor
/x
Noun
charlatan
/xx
Noun
espy
/x
Name
villain
/x
Noun
burglar alarm
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
confidence trickster
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
viper
/x
Noun
cowan
/x
Name
dropper
/x
Noun
teaser
/x
Noun
devil
/x
Noun
transfection
x/x
Noun
grafts
/
Noun
satan
/x
Name
carving
/x
Verb
distract
x/
Verb
live
/
Adjective
wooden
/x
Adjective
sort
/
Noun
site
/
Noun
act
/
Verb
race
/
Noun
divert
x/
Verb
spreads
/
Verb
game
/
Noun
perfect
x/
Adjective
mere
/
Adjective
female
/x
Adjective
role
/
Noun
kind
/
Noun
male
/
Adjective
woman
/x
Noun
serves
/
Verb
draw
/
Verb
art
/
Noun
painted
/x
Verb
attract
x/
Verb
use
/
Noun
secure
x/
Verb
aircraft
/x
Noun
alcatraz
xx/
Name
antitank
xx/
Adjective
attempted
x/x
Adjective
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
captured
/x
Adjective
carrying
/xx
Noun
chum
/
Noun, Verb
climber
/x
Noun, Verb
contrivance
x/x
Noun
customs
/x
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
dealing
/x
Noun
deception
x/x
Noun
delusion
x/x
Noun
distraction
x/x
Noun
diversion
x/x
Noun
doll
/
Noun
domesticated
x/xxx
Adjective
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
dressmaker
/xx
Noun
exchange
x/
Noun, Verb
expedient
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
fighting
/x
Noun, Adjective
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ghost
/
Noun, Verb
guard
/
Noun, Verb
harassing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
herring
/x
Noun
hook
/
Noun, Verb
hostage
/x
Noun, Verb
illusion
x/x
Noun
instrument
/xx
Noun, Verb
lie
/
Verb, Noun
liner
/x
Noun, Verb
lining
/x
Noun
manned
/
Adjective
milliner
/xx
Noun, Verb
miniature
/xxx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ringer
/x
Noun
rocket
/x
Noun, Verb
sham
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
spinner
/x
Noun
stool pigeon
//x
Phrase, Noun
tame
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
thermal
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
toy
/
Noun, Verb
understudy
/xxx
Noun, Verb
unmanned
x/
Adjective
wild
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun