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[ verb ] provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

Synonyms

lure tempt

Examples

"He lured me into temptation"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor...)

Although the false glamour surrounding bourbon or other whisky commercials is possibly no_more fatuous than the pseudo-sophistication with which TV soft-drinks are downed or toothpaste applied , there is a sad difference between enticing a viewer into sipping Oopsie-Cola and gulling him into downing bourbon .

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