fake made up person or thing oftrn used as a direction decoy

The plural of decoy is decoys.

Decoy the enemy so that the women and children can escape. The decoy was painted to resemble a swan.

Decoy - album - was created in 1984-06.

A carved, painted duck may be used as a decoy by hunters to lure real ducks for the hunters to shoot. Some evangelists may use as a decoy, a religious pamphlet that looks like paper money on one side, but has a religious message on the other side.