grooming
Example Sentences
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The Wall Street Journal spoke to founders and executives about how their companies are navigating the growth in male grooming.
His son described the way the scammers enticed his father into making an investment as "grooming".
From BBC
The results mirrored a 2020 study of vampire bats showing that newcomers also test the waters, slowly progressing from grooming relationships to more substantial food-sharing partnerships with trusted companions.
From Science Daily
Focusing on it, she feared, might weaken her negotiating hand and possibly play into conservative tropes about queer adults grooming children.
From New York Times
They have also been accused of abuse, grooming minors and leading a cult.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
