inveigle
C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery.
She inveigled her way onto the committee by flattering its most senior member.
Business verb
To persuade someone into something by deception or artful flattery.
They inveigled the family firm into a sale by overstating a looming rival bid.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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