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Meaning entice meaning

What does entice mean?

entice

— verb (= lure) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion He lured me into temptation

Synonyms entice synonyms

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entice English » English

tempt lure seduce allure attract induce decoy coax beguile persuade inveigle cajole bait ensnare deceive wheedle tantalize lead astray fascinate draw court captivate woo trick temptation tease invite influence flirt encircle delude beckon wile trap talk into push mislead intrigue hoodwink fool fastinate excite entrap dupe draw in appeal to appeal vamp urge treat

Conjugation entice conjugation

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entice · verb

Examples entice examples

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Simple sentences

He hopes to entice her into doing what he wants.

Movie subtitles

She's normally hard to entice.
I wonder if I might entice you. into joining me for a drink, my love?
And we hope to entice one of those five trawlers the real mother ship, into showing its hand.
It was our idea to entice him to Cartier, because we're interested in apprehending Lutring but you can have Mrs Lutring.
Take the old one away and entice the young ones to arrive!
So instead of emitting a pretty smell to entice bees they put out a powerful stench like a rotting carcass and this attracts the blue fly, who likes smelly meat.
If we could entice him from the doorway, he's far too slow to prevent our escaping.
A back that's nice can entice.
Therefore, I suspect his bad intentions to entice you into a house of disreputation where he will take you, kill you, murder you cut your throat and rob the money from your pockets also.
Self-defense is one thing but to entice a man in cold-blood with the object of murdering him is another. Whatever danger you fear from him.
Possibly not the old one, but the new one might entice even you.
Does not our success entice you?
And you have to assume that potential tenants. might have kids and would know that. and it might entice them to take up space in the other levels.
All right, Hoggatipunctus, entice him out.
If you'd intended to entice her to the edge and throw her over, would you? No! No, I loved my wife.
I regret our slow passage, Your Excellency. but it seems our sail cannot entice the wind.
They tried to entice her up there.
How can I entice you? How can I ensnare you?
You wanted to entice me back to the world of the living.
Oh, I see. In that case, perhaps I could entice you into another game of poker.
Mildred, I can't entice outside investors. with renderings alone.
I can't believe you would entice us with a room that we might enjoy when all you wanted was for us to sign the variance.
Mischa Dubinski, a Soviet student studying at, uh, Georgetown University was approached several weeks ago by two American agents who attempted to entice him to spy on his own government.
Entice them.
A young girl comes to Washington. to try and get an innocent, honest businessman to do something unethical. to entice him with her wiles.
But first, I must explain to you Why I had to resort to such a tasteless falsehood to entice you to us.
Just one thing-- don't let granville entice you to the pub again.
And if we are right, do not hesitate to return to entice third time.
Might we entice you to play something?
Let's entice him out with a Chocolate Hobnob!
Do I entice you?
The only way to make a beautiful woman blind to all this is to entice her with golden guineas.
You don't need gold to entice them.
I've done everything I can to entice him. I've.

News and current affairs

This gesture, together with the free publication of an opposition newspaper, is precisely the kind of move that will entice EU interest in an enhanced relationship.
But he will also need to entice the West into becoming more pro-active and the US in particular into re-establishing its role as a constructive rather than destructive force in human rights affairs.
So they should weigh tax breaks that might entice employers to keep migrant workers on the payrolls, as this would probably be a much more efficient way to support these poor countries.
With an aging and shrinking population, Japan's government must find ways to encourage more women to work, entice older Japanese to remain in the labor force, and develop more family-friendly labor policies.
Or perhaps the low cost of international capital will entice the US to absorb some of the world's excess savings, triggering a new period of global expansion.
So Germany, if not warmly welcoming, finds itself soliciting Indian computer programmers, while Canada and other countries entice China's middle classes with a safe haven in which to invest just in case things go wrong at home.
At the same time, it has not preserved its ability to entice customers with promises of safe, sophisticated money management.
In other words, Hollande will try to entice other European leaders with a vision for a world that no longer exists.
In a poorer America, fewer businesses would find it worthwhile to entice secondary workers from families into the labor force, and perhaps 500,000 net jobs would disappear.
It will not be able to disband the myriad militias that are destabilizing the country, because it cannot find their fighters the vocational training that it hopes will entice them to return to civilian life.
And yet the illusion continues to entice policymakers.
And the People's Republic will need to recognize that the best way to entice Taiwanese to embrace reunification is to make the proposition so attractive that they cannot resist.
In theory, the Saudis also have the economic clout both to entice and rein in the Taliban.

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