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"entice" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often lure (4 letters).
Definitions
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
Word origin
From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).
Used in a sentence
“I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tempt inward”6 letters
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