inveigled

Example Sentences

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What happened over the next four decades is a chilling tale of deception in which a man pretended to be the missing son of the landlord and inveigled himself into his house.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2022

Just as you've bribed, bought, and inveigled your way out of scandals and bankruptcies, so you'll believe you can bluster and wriggle your way out of this moment, too.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020

A Miss Hungary finalist at 15, she was still a teenager when she inveigled a Turkish diplomat to the altar.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2019

More common was the enraged accusation that deceitful Northerners colluded with “slave stealers” and inveigled slaves to flee.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2018

The Sea of Flames could have been in the Paris Museum all along—that simpering mineralogist and the assistant director laughing as he slunk away, duped, fooled, inveigled.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr