enticement
[en-tahys-muh nt]
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Origin of enticement
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Examples from the Web for enticement
Contemporary Examples
Atop the building, an unfinished roof deck awaits the enticement of a soon-to-be liquor license.
Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing HorrorsNina Strochlic
July 10, 2014
This was meant to be an enticement for Abbas to return to negotiations.
Thus, from the defense perspective, the enticement was likely the promise that the sentence imposed would be time served.
Historical Examples
Her eyes were full of half serious reproach, of laughter and enticement.
The Northern IronGeorge A. Birmingham
He struggled against the enticement that lay in this peculiarity.
The Goose ManJacob Wassermann
He took her hand to kiss, but she bent forward with a look of enticement.
The MercenaryW. J. Eccott
Those whose hearts are pure do not act up to the enticement of the wicked.
The Gtakamlrya Sra
What earthly basis can there be for the enticement it holds out to him?
The Unwilling VestalEdward Lucas White
Word Origin and History for enticement
n.
c.1300, "thing which entices;" 1540s, "action of enticing;" from Old French enticement, from enticier (see entice).
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