entice
entice
(ɪntaɪs )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense entices , present participle enticing , past tense, past participle enticed
verb
To entice someone to go somewhere or to do something means to try to persuade them to go to that place or to do that thing.
Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors. [VERB noun preposition]
Child murderers in the past have very often carried photographs of young children to entice their victims away. [VERB noun with adverb]
They'll entice doctors to move from the cities by paying them better salaries. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
[Also VERB noun]