Verb

(transitive, and, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

* 1722 , , Moll Flanders , ch. 12:

Then he cajoled with his brother, and persuaded him what service he had done him.

* 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 27:

If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?

* 1894 , , Only An Irish Boy , ch. 19:

He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.

* 1898 , , The Battle Of The Strong , ch. 37:

[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.

* 1917 , , King Coal , ch. 8:

Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.

* 2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, " NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty," Time :

For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole , convince and placate Republicans.

Verb

(deceiv)

To trick or mislead.

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, year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}