Verb (used with object), : to inveigle a person into playing bridge. ,to inveigle a theater pass from a person. From Dictionary.com.
The conflicting interests of these touting gentlemen being of a nature to irritate their feelings, personal collisions took place; and the Commons was even scandalized by our principal inveigler. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
Henrietta received him with a look of pleasure, and enquired why he had so long been absent; but, surprised by the sight of Cecilia, he exclaimed, without answering her, “why didst thou fail me? why appoint me to a place thou wert quitting thyself? — thou thing of fair professions! thou inveigler of esteem! thou vain, delusive promiser of pleasure!”. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
Young inveigler, fond in wiles Prone to mirth, profufe in fmiles. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
As to marriage licences, the competition rose to such a pitch, that a shy gentleman in want of one, had nothing to do but submit himself to the first inveigler, or be fought for, and become the prey of the strongest. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield]
The conflicting interests of these touting gentlemen being of a nature to irritate their feelings, personal collisions took place; and the Commons was even scandalized by our principal inveigler (who had formerly been in the wine trade, and afterwards in the sworn brokery line) walking about for some days with a black eye. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield]
All around the world, Amanda began to assume an almost mythical identity: she was Circe to Raffaele’s Ulysses, an inveigler of damaged men. From Wordnik.com. [Perugia's Prime Suspect] Reference
Another Thug: "I have seen there the Sotha (inveigler) sitting upon the same carpet as the traveller, and in close conversation with him, just as we are when we worm out their secrets. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala] Reference
Thou thing of fair professions! thou inveigler of esteem! thou vain, delusive promiser of pleasure! ". From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3] Reference
Young inveigler, fond in wiles. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
Waffler, obfuscater, inveigler. From Wordnik.com. [The Ministry of Minor Perfidy] Reference
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