inveiglement

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•vei•gle /ɪnˈveɪgəl, -ˈvi-/   v. [~ + object] , -gled, -gling. 

1. to lure (someone) by clever talk or promises:
   managed to inveigle us into lending her money.
2. to obtain by clever talk or methods:
   He inveigled a door pass from the usher.

in•vei•gler /ɪnˈveɪglɚ, -ˈvi-/  n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•vei•gle  (in vā′gəl, -vē′-), v.t., -gled, -gling. 

1. to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually fol. by into):
   to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
2. to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually fol. by from or away):
   to inveigle a theater pass from a person.

• Vulgar Latin *aboculus eyeless, adjective, adjectival derivative of phrase *ab oculīs without eyes. See ab-, ocular
• Anglo-French enveogler, equivalent. to en- en-¹ + Old French (a)vogler to blind, derivative of avogle blind
• variant of envegle 1485–95

in•vei′gle•ment, n. 
in•vei′gler, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. induce, beguile, persuade.
• 2. wheedle.