Thesaurus / cajole
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They must become experts in drug development, raise millions, and tirelessly cajole scientists.
THIS FAMILY RAISED MILLIONS TO GET EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY FOR THEIR CHILDRENANTONIO REGALADOAPRIL 13, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Regulatory capture and safety cultureWhen a regulated industry manages to cajole, control or manipulate agencies that oversee it, rendering them feckless and subservient, the result is known as regulatory capture.
10 YEARS AFTER FUKUSHIMA, OUTDATED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE STILL THE NORMBY KUROKAWA & MESHKATI/THE CONVERSATIONMARCH 11, 2021POPULAR SCIENCE
Changing his tactics he tried to cajole him and offered him money, but with similar want of success.
HUNTED AND HARRIEDR.M. BALLANTYNE
"He thinks to cajole me," whispered the fell demon Distrust, and her heart changed to steel.
ALONEMARION HARLAND
In vain they tried to bulldoze and cajole, to push and to pull, to plead with and to denounce the obstinate Nancy Jane.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITH
Ever there were his insidious wiles to compromise, cajole, trick and betray them.
THE DEVILJOSEPH O'BRIEN
They were in little humor to cajole the swarthy, sarcastic, and unsociable Spaniard.
THE GHOST BREAKERCHARLES GODDARD
Singly, I might cajole or defy them; but united, united—and with the discontent and treachery of that villain Saint Paul!
QUENTIN DURWARDSIR WALTER SCOTT
In order to cajole the administration, he begins to frequent the church, and to pay visits to the city authorities.
CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN NOVELISTSSERGE PERSKY
But anon he will cajole you with pretty ways into forgetfulness and forgiveness of his crimes.
IN NEW ENGLAND FIELDS AND WOODSROWLAND E. ROBINSON
WORDS RELATED TO CAJOLE
- abase
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- blandish
- bow
- brownnose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- grovel
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
- adulate
- beslaver
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- get next to
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- massage
- oil
- overpraise
- play up to
- praise
- rub the right way
- salve
- sell
- snow
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- toady
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
- abet
- activate
- actuate
- argue into
- breed
- bring about
- bring around
- bulldoze
- cajole
- cause
- coax
- convince
- draw
- draw in
- effect
- engender
- generate
- get
- get up
- give rise to
- goose
- impel
- incite
- influence
- instigate
- lead to
- make
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- persuade
- press
- prevail upon
- procure
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- sell one on
- set in motion
- soft-soap
- squeeze
- steamroll
- suck in
- sway
- sweet-talk
- talk into
- twist one's arm
- urge
- wheedle
- win over
- abet
- activate
- actuate
- argue into
- breed
- bring about
- bring around
- bulldoze
- cajole
- cause
- coax
- convince
- draw
- draw in
- effect
- engender
- generate
- get
- get up
- give rise to
- goose
- impel
- incite
- influence
- instigate
- lead to
- make
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- persuade
- press
- prevail upon
- procure
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- sell one on
- set in motion
- soft-soap
- squeeze
- steamroll
- suck in
- sway
- sweet-talk
- talk into
- twist one's arm
- urge
- wheedle
- win over
- allure
- bait
- bamboozle
- beguile
- blandish
- butter
- cajole
- charm
- coax
- con
- decoy
- egg on
- ensnare
- entrap
- get around
- honey
- hook
- influence
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lead on
- lure
- maneuver
- massage
- oil
- overdo it
- persuade
- play up to
- rope in
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soften up
- string along
- stroke
- sweet talk
- tempt
- toll
- urge
- wheedle
- work over
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