Inveigle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk. See Synonyms at lure.
  • v. To obtain by cajolery: inveigled a free pass to museum.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles
  • v. to obtain through guile or cunning
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lead astray by making blind to the truth or to consequences; mislead by deception; entice into violation of duty, propriety, or self-interest: now usually with into.
  • Synonyms To cajole, beguile, lure, insnare, decoy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
    • Verb Form
    inveigled    inveigles    inveigling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    persuade   
    Hyponym
    browbeat    bully    swagger    soft soap   
    Form
    inveigled    inveigling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    entice    insnare    seduce    wheedle    cajole   
     
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