English to Italian Meaning of decoy - esca

Decoy :

esca

noun

trappola, laccio, esca, fossa, ragnatela, tentazione, adescare, incentivo

verb

adescare, allettare, tentare, esca, eludere, intrappolare, complicato, impigliare, Gin

Decoy :: escaDecoyed :: decoyedDecoying :: decoyingDecoys :: esche

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Definitions of decoy in English

Noun(1) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot(2) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
Verb(1) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy

Examples of decoy in English

(1) The towed torpedo decoy is the Sensytech AN / SLQ - 25 Nixie.(2) When threatened, the octopus can squirt out ink as a decoy to distract its predator and allowing the octopus to escape.(3) Brandon also had a room which meant we were only some 10 miles from Havre De Grace which is a delightful historic town which has many sites of interest including a Duck decoy museum!(4) The submarine is equipped with a Mark 2 torpedo decoy .(5) So, unless the unlikely happened and they split up, the dot he was heading towards was a decoy and possibly a trap.(6) Eventually, all four gobblers were standing in a small space - the only place I couldn't see - about 20 yards from the hen decoy .(7) Using the foot peg, the base is driven into the mud in a shallow area, such that the duck decoy flies conspicuously above the water.(8) The other major advance will include systems designed to decoy anti-tank missiles.(9) The launcher will be able to dispense ASW weapons, torpedo countermeasures and chaff and infrared decoy rounds.(10) We were overhead in a matter of minutes and, though we had no bullets or rockets, we flew a daisy chain over the area to decoy the enemy fire.(11) Don't be shy about running sideways to avoid or decoy the defensive pressure before passing.(12) And is that $400 bribe a decoy / distraction to make us look the other way?(13) The con happened a week after a nine-year-old boy was used as a decoy in three distraction burglaries in Kendal and Windermere, during which wallets and purses were stolen.(14) they would try to decoy the enemy toward the hidden group(15) Your Majesty, though a large force has been assembled in the South, it is but a decoy , to lure us away from our target.(16) The ship is also equipped with the Nixie torpedo decoy , from Sensytech Inc of Newington, Virginia.

Related Phrases of decoy

(1) decoy-duck ::

decoy-duck

Related Phrases of decoy

(1) decoy-duck ::

decoy-duck

Synonyms

Noun

1. lure ::

adescare

2. bait ::

esca

3. red herring ::

falsa pista

5. inducement ::

incentivo

6. temptation ::

tentazione

7. attraction ::

attrazione

8. carrot ::

carota

9. snare ::

laccio

10. trap ::

trappola

Verb

11. lure ::

adescare

12. entice ::

allettare

13. allure ::

allettare

14. tempt ::

tentare

15. entrap ::

intrappolare

16. snare ::

laccio

17. trap ::

trappola

Different Forms

decoy, decoyed, decoying, decoys

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