decoy
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- Subclass of
- simulacrum
- Image
- Objectes de la Sala Horta i Marjal (27156764466).jpg
- Has use
- misdirection
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- topic's main category
- Category:Decoys
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- trapping
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Hunting
- Military decoy
- Bomb decoy
- Sonar decoy
- In biochemistry
- Digital decoys
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A decoy (derived from the Dutch de kooi, literally "the cage" or possibly eenden kooi, "duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lure them. Decoys have been used for centuries most notably in game hunting, but also in wartime and in the committing or resolving of crimes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “decoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.