inveigle
verb
[ ɪnˈviːɡ(ə)l ]
• persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
• "we cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper"
Similar:
cajole,
wheedle,
coax,
persuade,
convince,
talk,
tempt,
lure,
allure,
entice,
ensnare,
seduce,
flatter,
beguile,
dupe,
fool,
sweet-talk,
soft-soap,
butter up,
twist someone's arm,
con,
bamboozle,
sucker,
blandish,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘beguile, deceive’; formerly also as enveigle ): from Anglo-Norman French envegler, alteration of Old French aveugler ‘to blind’, from aveugle ‘blind’.
