Crowd and Decoy

Crowd

Crowd verb - To fit (people or things) into a tight space.

Decoy and crowd are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decoy" instead a verb "Crowd".

Nearby Words: crowded, crowding

Decoy

Decoy verb - Lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy.

Crowd and decoy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crowd" instead a verb "Decoy".

Nearby Words: decoyed, decoying

How words are described

random random crowd random decoy
giant giant crowd giant decoy

Both words in one sentence

  • Characters / X Men Rogues Gallery A To L Kill It with Fire: Namely, she stages an elaborate decoy attempt and then, as she's being arrested, has Pyro toast Graydon from the crowd.
  • He smuggles a rifle into the country as a decoy, and his actual plan is to infiltrate the crowd and run up to his target with a combat knife and flower bouquet full of explosives.
  • Film / The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Decoy Getaway / Lost in a Crowd / Needle in a Stack of Needles / Ringer Ploy: A sequence near the end where Crown enters the art museum and plainly shows himself to the security cameras, making sure everyone can see that he wears a trench coat and bowler hat and carries a valise.
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