inveigle
v.
seduce, entice
inveigle
Verb
1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
(synonym) wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk
(hypernym) persuade
(hyponym) soft-soap
Inveigle
(v. t.)
To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Inveigle
To lure, or entice, or lead a person astray by false representations or promises, or other deceitful means.
inveigle
Synonyms and related words:
allure, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, blandish, cajole, catch, catch out, coax, decoy, draw, draw in, draw on, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entice, entoil, entrap, enweb, flirt, flirt with, gin, give the come-on, hook, hook in, lead on, lime, lure, mesh, net, noose, offer bait to, rope in, seduce, snare, snarl, sniggle, spread the toils, suck in, tangle, tempt, toll, trap, trip, wind, woo
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.