decoy vs enmesh

decoy

verb
  • To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap. 

  • To act as, or use, a decoy. 

noun
  • A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game. 

  • A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. 

  • Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target. 

enmesh

verb
  • To involve in difficulties. 

  • To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult. 

  • To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh or net like manner. 

How often have the words decoy and enmesh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )