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Definition of Enticement
1. Noun. Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce.
Generic synonyms: Influence
Specialized synonyms: Forbidden Fruit, Bait, Come-on, Hook, Lure, Sweetener, Allurement
Derivative terms: Entice, Tempt
2. Noun. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
Generic synonyms: Attraction, Attractiveness
Derivative terms: Entice, Lure
3. Noun. The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire. "His enticements were shameless"
Generic synonyms: Influence
Specialized synonyms: Blandishment, Wheedling, Leading Astray, Leading Off, Seduction, Allurement, Solicitation
Derivative terms: Entice, Tempt, Tempt
Definition of Enticement
1. n. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
Definition of Enticement
1. Noun. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions. ¹
2. Noun. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object; as, an enticement to sin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enticement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enticement
Literary usage of Enticement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Law of the Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife, Parent and Child by James Schouler (1905)
"The offence, where force was not used, is known as enticement, and the same rule
applies to ... Indictment lies for the offence of abduction or enticement. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1882)
"Same Subject; Whether Wife may sue for Enticement.— Differences of sex may account
for a denial of the enticement suit to the wife, though her right to her ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"339- Abduction—Proving the taking 351. away or enticement—Corrob- oration of the
prosecutrix. 340. Abduction of a minor—Proof 352. of the non-consent of the ..."
4. Trust Laws and Unfair Competition by United States Bureau of Corporations, Joseph Edward Davies (1916)
"Enticement of employees. Twelve States,- the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and
the United States, have'laws prohibiting the enticing away of employees, ..."
5. Essentials of the Law of Damages by Ralph Stanley Bauer (1919)
"CHAPTER LI Enticement OF SPOUSE AND ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS 240. In General.—Closely
related to, and blending into, the field of criminal conversation, ..."
6. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"Asportation by enticement.—The asportation may be effected by means of enticement.
Thus, an animal may be stolen by enticing it away by means of food. ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of the Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1895)
"Right of Action for Seduction, Enticement, &o., of Servant. — Again, the action
for seduction depends upon the existence of the relationship of master and ..."
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