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Definition of Inveiglers
1. inveigler [n] - See also: inveigler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inveiglers
Literary usage of Inveiglers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in the Moslem East by Pierre Ponafidine (1911)
"... their Duties— Thank-Offerings—Divisions of Work among Bands—inveiglers,
Stranglers, Grave-Diggers—Thug Methods of Working—First Intimation of Thugs in ..."
2. The Thugs Or Phansigars of India: Comprising a History of the Rise and by William Henry Sleeman (1839)
"At last he yields to the earnest requests of their inveiglers, ... The boat then
goes on to some other ghat, having landed their inveiglers again upon the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"They operated in companies of from two to 200, with scouts, "inveiglers ...
Scouts gathered information about travelers, and "inveiglers" wormed themselves ..."
4. India, Past and Present by Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay (1903)
"... roads in the vicinity, and endeavored to draw customers to their partners'
crafts by tactics similar to those employed by the inveiglers upon the road. ..."
5. Illustrations of the History and Practices of the Thugs: And Notices of Some by Edward Thornton (1837)
"At last he yields to the earnest requests of the inveiglers, ... The boat then
goes on to some other ghat, having landed the inveiglers again upon the roads ..."
6. Ramaseeana: Or, A Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs by William Henry Sleeman (1836)
"At last he yields to the earnest requests of their inveiglers, ... The boat then
goes oa to some other ghat, having landed their inveiglers again upon the ..."
7. India, Past and Present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay by Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay (1903)
"... similar to those employed by the inveiglers upon the road. ... nothing unusual
had happened, first landing their inveiglers to procure fresh victims. ..."
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