source: By schmuck-by-nature - originally posted to Flickr as Decoys, CC BY-SA 2.0

LURE, ENTICE, INVEIGLE, DECOY, TEMPT, SEDUCE mean to lead astray from one's true course.

LURE implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting and deceiving.

e.g. lured naive investors with get-rich-quick schemes

ENTICE suggests drawing by artful or adroit means.

e.g. advertising designed to entice new customers

INVEIGLE implies enticing by cajoling or flattering.

e.g. fund-raisers inveigling wealthy alumni

DECOY implies a luring into entrapment by artifice.

e.g. attempting to decoy the enemy into an ambush

TEMPT implies the presenting of an attraction so strong that it overcomes the restraints of conscience or better judgment.

e.g. tempted by the offer of money

SEDUCE implies a leading astray by persuasion or false promises.

e.g. seduced by assurances of assistance

noun |ˈdēˌkoi|

1. a bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals:

(カモ猟用の模型の)おとり

e.g. as modifier : a decoy duck.

a person or thing used to mislead or lure an animal or person into a trap:

(人をおびき寄せるための)おとり(の人物); 〖形容詞的に〗おとりの

e.g. we need a decoy to distract their attention.

2. a pond from which narrow netted channels lead, into which wild ducks may be enticed for capture.

(野鳥をおびき寄せるための)おとり池

verb |dəˈkoi| with object and adverbial of direction

lure or entice (a person or animal) away from an intended course, typically into a trap:

e.g. they would try to decoy the enemy toward the hidden group.

mid 16th century (earlier as coy): from Dutch de kooi ‘the decoy’, from Middle Dutch de kouw ‘the cage’, from Latin cavea ‘cage’. decoy (sense 2 of the noun) is from the practice of using tamed ducks to lead wild ones along channels into captivity.