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I had a suspicion that he was inveigling me into playing without any intention of allowing me to take his measure.

From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William

By his ingenuous adroitness, it may be seen, Shirley was inveigling himself into the heart of the affair, in his favorite disguise as that of the "innocent bystander."

From The Voice on the Wire by Ball, Eustace Hale

A cynical member of the summer colony remarked at the Casino that Mrs. Owen, with characteristic thrift, was inveigling shop-girls to her farm and then putting them to work in her kitchen.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)