lure implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting and deceiving.
lured naive investors with get-rich-quick schemes
entice suggests drawing by artful or adroit means.
advertising designed to entice new customers
inveigle implies enticing by cajoling or flattering.
fund-raisers inveigling wealthy alumni
decoy implies a luring into entrapment by artifice.
attempting to decoy the enemy into an ambush
tempt implies the presenting of an attraction so strong that it overcomes the restraints of conscience or better judgment.
tempted by the offer of money
seduce implies a leading astray by persuasion or false promises.
seduced by assurances of assistance
Examples of entice in a Sentence
every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet
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But this disjointed medley, performed by Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty, offered little context for what is meant to be exciting or enticing about the show.—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2026 Starter Mason Cook enticed Deiten Lachance into a 6-4-3 double play that scored the run.—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026 Armstrong routinely paid $2 or $3 to entice the unhoused residents to sign her petitions, the federal prosecutor added.—Terry Collins, USA Today, 6 June 2026 That does sound enticing for a brand that became the first Chinese carmaker to exceed 1 million sales in Europe.—Utkarsh Sood
june 05, New Atlas, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for entice
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French enticer, from Vulgar Latin *intitiare, from Latin in- + titio firebrand