📚 Inveigle, verb. 🔉 /ɪnˈviːɡ(ə)l/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (with object and adverbial): Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery. ❗️ Examples: 1. We cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper. 2. The ego's greatest triumph is to inveigle us into believing its best interests are our best interests, and even into identifying our very survival with its own. 3. Only when she has managed to inveigle him into a marriage would the process of dismantling and rebuilding his character begin. 4. Emmy had even inveigled him to resume his incessant smoking once more. 5. Equally, the somewhat vulgar individuals known as ‘bar reps’ will attempt to inveigle you into participating in all manner of hideous rituals, known collectively as ‘drinking games’. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic