1. acts of persuading someone to do something through deception or flattery
Usage: formal; often implies manipulation

Examples

• The politician’s inveiglements convinced many voters to support his questionable policies.
• She resisted his inveiglements and refused to invest in the dubious scheme.
• The con artist’s inveiglements were so skillful that even cautious people fell for them.
• Through various inveiglements, the salesman managed to sell overpriced products.
• The detective uncovered a pattern of inveiglements used to defraud elderly citizens.
• Her inveiglements were transparent to anyone who knew her manipulative nature.