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Definition of Inveiglement
1. n. The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction.
Definition of Inveiglement
1. Noun. The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; enticement; seduction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inveiglement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inveiglement
Literary usage of Inveiglement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penal Code of the State of New York: With All the Amendments to and by New York (State)., William Henry Silvernail (1905)
"An inveiglement, in the ordinary sense of the word, implies the acquiring ...
Id. But every deceptive or evil practice does not constitute an inveiglement. ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1889)
"Seizure, confinement, or kidnaping, which ordinarily imply actual force, or an
inveiglement, which, in the ordinary sense of the word, implies the acquiring ..."
3. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton, William Draper Lewis (1896)
"... such custody.6 Under a federal statute the " inveiglement " of children for
the purpose of involuntary service in the United States is made specifically ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"To inveigle, when speaking of the inveiglement of a slave, is to seduce, entice,
and decoy. This is merely persuasive, and, until consummated by the slave ..."
5. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"(The term "inveiglement" implies the acquiring of power over another by means of
deceptive or evil practices, not accompanied by actual force. ..."
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