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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of inveigle.

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Examples

  • "You will excuse me, miss, but I never 'inveigled' him, as you say.

    The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Even then it was hard work, but they kept him befuddled for several days, and finally inveigled him into buying No. 29 for $750.

    The Gold Hunters of the North 2010

  • This ruse worked well for some time, but finally the Folk no longer were inveigled into showing themselves.

    CHAPTER XVII 2010

  • And then she inveigled Sheldon into agreeing that she could take occasional cruises in the islands, though he was adamant when it came to a recruiting trip on Malaita.

    Chapter 13 2010

  • And I have never been inveigled into another beer bust.

    Chapter 27 2010

  • He also inveigled the father of Tukeliketa into the game.

    A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010

  • I did not even know of the break he had inveigled the forty lifers into planning.

    Chapter 2 2010

  • Only hard times had compelled his consent, and, now that she looked back, almost had she inveigled him into consenting.

    CHAPTER XIV 2010

  • He also inveigled the father of Tukeliketa into the game.

    A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010

  • I had just finished sweeping the cabin, and had been inveigled by Wolf

    Chapter 12 2010

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  • to obtain something by persuading somebody to give it

    She inveigled an introduction to my actor friend.

    August 1, 2009

  • "It had been a very happy day for my grandmother, almost as happy a time as the evening she'd inveigled Bill into speaking at the Descendants meeting." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris

    February 5, 2011