Decoy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A person or object meant to lure something to danger. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To act or use a decoy.
Lure
Part of speech: proper noun
Definition: A commune in the Haute-Saône département, in France.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.To recall a hawk with a lure.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
Example sentence: The devil's main purpose is not to scare us, in a horror-movie way; when we're scared of him, we're alert to him, and that might undermine his plans. Instead, he wants to quietly, subtly lure us into stepping away from God.