inducement
Example Sentences
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"What has emerged, and continues to emerge, through the drip feed of the claimants' disclosure and Associated's own investigations is a clear picture of purported evidence being obtained through financial inducements and threats," he said.
From BBC
It isn’t an inducement to action, much less an expression of collective political will, but an act of surrender.
The second reason to think Mr. Putin might be attracted by economic inducements is that he wants more money himself.
The California Interscholastic Federation bars students from “accepting material or financial inducement” to compete for a school “regardless of the source.”
Ultimately, one suspects Perkins views Liz’s dilemma as little more than an excuse to construct a fun exercise in nightmare inducement that possesses the same craftsmanship that Malcolm clearly put into his swanky cabin.
From Los Angeles Times
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