inveigle
to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away): to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
Origin of inveigle
1Other words for inveigle
Other words from inveigle
- in·vei·gle·ment, noun
- in·vei·gler, noun
- un·in·vei·gled, adjective
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How to use inveigle in a sentence
No, sir; the policy is to inveigle the people of the North into civil war, by masking the design in smooth and ambiguous terms.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene ChittendenThus the German princess always endeavoured to inveigle the friends of the people.
I have spent them in the company of villains, who, for some purpose of their own, are striving to inveigle me in their plots.
Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) FarjeonIf I could only inveigle my tormentors into the trap, they might be caught there longer than they liked.
The Passenger from Calais | Arthur GriffithsAfter vainly trying to inveigle Locke into a fault, the government resolved to punish him without one.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for inveigle
/ (ɪnˈviːɡəl, -ˈveɪ-) /
(tr; often foll by into or an infinitive) to lead (someone into a situation) or persuade (to do something) by cleverness or trickery; cajole: to inveigle customers into spending more
Origin of inveigle
1Derived forms of inveigle
- inveiglement, noun
- inveigler, noun
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