seduce

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
seduce/sɪˈdjuːs/

▶verb

• 1 entice into sexual activity.

• 2 persuade to do something inadvisable.

– derivatives
seducer noun,
seducible adjective,
seductress noun.

– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as seduction): from L. seducere, from se- ‘away’ + ducere ‘to lead’.