as in temptation
the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised
the swift seduction of the home buyers into a bigger house than they could afford
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The scenarios tend to repeat the same patterns of seduction and corruption.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
The university fired Johnson in 2020 after he was arrested on charges of child seduction, kidnapping and identity deception.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2024
Seeing Vassos’s suitors contort themselves in the name of dance-pop seduction was a personal highlight.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Industry’s seductions and warnings seesaw relentlessly; each trading-floor triumph or delirious night at the club tends to crash into a comeuppance and a monstrous hangover.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
The university fired Johnson in 2020 after he was arrested on charges of child seduction, kidnapping and identity deception.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2024
Seeing Vassos’s suitors contort themselves in the name of dance-pop seduction was a personal highlight.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Industry’s seductions and warnings seesaw relentlessly; each trading-floor triumph or delirious night at the club tends to crash into a comeuppance and a monstrous hangover.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Seduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seduction. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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