seduction

  • 21seduction — noun 1 (C, U) an act of persuading someone to have sex with you for the first time: The seduction scene in Act 2 of the Opera. 2 (countable usually plural) something that strongly attracts people, but often has a bad effect on their lives: the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22seduction — UK [sɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n] / US [sɪˈdʌkʃən] noun Word forms seduction : singular seduction plural seductions 1) [countable/uncountable] a situation in which someone persuades another person to have sex with them 2) [countable, usually plural] a feature… …

    English dictionary

  • 23seduction — The act of leading astray. Being lead astray. In the ordinary legal sense, the act of a man in inducing a woman to surrender her chastity. Morehead v Commonwealth, 194 Ky 592, 240 SW 93. The act of a man in inducing a chaste woman to have… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 24seduction — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin seduction , seductio, from Latin, act of leading aside, from seducere Date: 1526 1. the act of seducing; especially the enticement of a person to sexual intercourse 2. something that seduces ;… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25seduction — noun a) The act of seducing. Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire. b) In English common law, a felonious crime committed when a male induced an unmarried female of previously chaste character to …

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  • 26seduction — The act of seducing. Act of man enticing woman to have unlawful intercourse with him by means of persuasion, solicitation, promises, bribes or other means without employment of force. Lynn v. Shaw, Okl., 620 P.2d 899, 902. See e.g. Model Penal… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27seduction — seduce ► VERB 1) persuade to do something inadvisable. 2) entice into sexual activity. DERIVATIVES seducer noun seducible adjective seduction noun seductress noun. ORIGIN Latin seducere lead aside or away …

    English terms dictionary

  • 28Séduction amoureuse — Séduction La Proposition, de William Adolphe Bouguereau. Parfois appelée flirt ou, plus rarement, marivaudage, la séduction est un jeu entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, où chacun s’efforce de susciter de l attirance puis des sentiment …

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  • 29Seduction of the Innocent — is a book by Dr. Frederic Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a bad form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. The book was a minor bestseller that created alarm in parents and galvanized… …

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  • 30Seduction (disambiguation) — Seduction is the process of deliberately enticing a person to engage in some sort of behavior.Seduction may also refer to:* San Diego Seduction, one of six teams that will be introduced to the Lingerie Football League in 2008 * Seduction (2004… …

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