Translation of decoy – English–Dutch dictionary
decoy
noun
/ˈdiːkoi/ (Translation of decoy from the PASSWORD English–Dutch Dictionary © 2022 K Dictionaries Ltd)
Examples of decoy
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Kerb-crawlers looking for a good time chatted up the attractive decoy and were promptly arrested.
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The other involved the employment of decoy female elephants to entice wild males.
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Both sides have employed decoys and clever ruses either to obtain evidence or to conceal it, as the case may be.
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They find it very hard to tell friend from foe, real targets from decoys, objectives that are worth combating from every kind of clutter.
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Thirdly, the use of nets for taking wild duck in a duck decoy is illegal except for those already in use.
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Further, we determined the decoy effects on endogenous gene expression.
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These local transients acted as decoys and made it likely that attention would be attracted to an incorrect location instead of going to the true change location.
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Why does a plant act as a decoy for an insect?
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