decoy

Etymology
From, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

Noun

 * 1) A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
 * 2) A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
 * 3) Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
 * 4) * 2002, Robotech: Battlecry – Guide and Walkthrough
 * Just every 5 seconds or so shoot out a decoy near the Cats Eye and the enemies will aim for that instead of the Cats Eye.
 * 1) An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, cimbell
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 引诱物, 引誘人 ,
 * Danish: lokkemad, lokkefugl
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, houkutuslintu
 * French: ,
 * Galician: engado, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: illex
 * Maori: hunuhunu, kaipātari, hūhunu
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: мамац
 * Spanish: señuelo,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, pangati


 * Bulgarian: изку́ствена пти́ца
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: návnada
 * Danish: lokkefugl
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: houkutuslintu
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παλευτής
 * Hungarian:, , , csalikacsa,
 * Icelandic: lokkunarfugl
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: tīmori
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: señuelo,, cimbel
 * Swedish: lockfågel,
 * Volapük: bätaböd,  bätadök


 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, falso bersaglio

Verb

 * 1)  To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
 * to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
 * 1)  To act as, or use, a decoy.
 * 1)  To act as, or use, a decoy.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: lokke
 * Dutch:
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παλεύω
 * Hungarian: tőrbe csal, csapdába csal,
 * Maori: onga, tīmori
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: прима́нювати, примани́ти