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entice
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To wrongfully solicit, persuade, procure, allure, attract, draw by blandishment, coax, or seduce. To lure, induce, tempt, incite, or persuade a person to do a thing. Enticement of a child is inviting, persuading, or attempting to persuade a child to enter any vehicle, building, room, or secluded place with intent to commit an unlawful sexual act upon or with the person of said child.


entice verb allure, bait, cajole, coax, decoy, divert, inveigh, lure, seduce, tempt
See also: bait, betray, cajole, coax, ensnare, entrap, interest, inveigle, lure, prevail upon


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A notebook hidden in a Writer's Corner of the library entices kids to write their ideas about school and life--and soon the notebook is causing trouble as it becomes filled with rumor and innuendo.
She entices the viewer with her imagination--for example, botanical photos unite with Indian dance motifs and flow into technical movement with hypnotic ease.
At its most didactic, feminist art alienates the male portion of its audience; but when it entices, it's at women's expense.
 
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