luring
Tempting with bait
Luring is drawing someone or something toward you, typically through enticement or deception.
The word carries a sense of temptation—you lure with bait, promises, or attractive offers: luring customers with discounts, luring fish to the surface.
What's lured rarely benefits from the encounter.
Lure for prey
- hookCurved catching device
- anglerOne who casts lines
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
fly-fishing · spinner · jig · crankbait · minnow · worm · chum · bobber
Arousing desire or interest
- enticingPowerfully attractive
- seductivePowerfully attractive, tempting
- beguilingCharmingly deceptive
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
tantalizing · provocative · sultry · sensual · siren · irresistible · come-hither · flirtatious
Device for catching animals
- snareDevice for catching prey
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
ruse · ploy · stratagem · honeypot · bait-and-switch · con · scam · swindle
Formal review request
- magnetismForce between poles
- charmAttractive personal quality
- drawCreate with pencil
- pullForce toward oneself
fascination · enticement · captivation · enchantment · interest · desirability · invitation · charisma
Pressured compliance through threats
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- enticementSomething that attracts
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
recruitment · inducement · persuasion · brainwashing · cult · propaganda · radicalization · trafficking
bait
Lure for prey
reel · fly-fishing · spinner · jig · crankbait · minnow · worm · chum · bobber · tackle
tempting
Arousing desire or interest
bewitching · tantalizing · provocative · sultry · sensual · siren · irresistible · come-hither · flirtatious · coquettish
trap
Device for catching animals
- snareDevice for catching prey
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
entrapment · ruse · ploy · stratagem · honeypot · bait-and-switch · con · scam · swindle · scheme
appeal
Formal review request
pull · fascination · enticement · captivation · enchantment · interest · desirability · invitation · charisma · gravity
coercion
Pressured compliance through threats
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- enticementSomething that attracts
predatory · recruitment · inducement · persuasion · brainwashing · cult · propaganda · radicalization · trafficking · catfishing
- capture methodsnetting, trapping, snaring, lasso, ambush
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- nocturnal activitynight vision, night feeding, prowling, stalking, night flying
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- predator traitssharp teeth, sharp claws, fangs, claws, talons
- hunting tacticsbaiting, calling, trapping, flushing, ambushing
luringrepelling
Pushing away forcefully
repulsing · driving away · pushing away · deterring · disgusting
luringrepelling
Pushing away forcefully
repulsing · driving away · deterring · discouraging · dissuading
luringdeterring
Preventing through fear
discouraging · dissuading · cautioning · preventing · hindering