seduced; seducing
1
: to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
2
: to lead astray usually by persuasion or false promises
3
: to carry out the physical seduction of : entice to sexual intercourse
4
: attract
seducer
noun
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Examples of seduce in a Sentence
He tried to seduce her.
She was seduced by an older man.
The other team seduced him with a better offer.
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Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Police later learned that the prisoners had seduced the seamstress as a part of their escape plot.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
What is the role of synthetic panel interviewers so they are not seduced by form and fail to see the essence?
—Juan Isaza, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The pair find themselves in trouble after a hazing incident goes wrong, and attempt to lie, deceive and seduce their way out of bother.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Seduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seduce. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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seduce
verb
se·duce
si-ˈd(y)üs 
seduced; seducing
1
: to persuade to be disobedient or disloyal
2
: to persuade to do wrong
seduced into crime
3
: to persuade to have sexual intercourse especially for the first time
seducer
noun
seduction
noun
-ˈdək-shən
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