tempt
verb
[ tɛm(p)t ]
• entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.
• "there'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching"
Similar:
entice,
persuade,
convince,
inveigle,
induce,
cajole,
coax,
woo,
sweet-talk,
smooth-talk,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tempter ‘to test’, from Latin temptare ‘handle, test, try’.
