In English common law, a felonious crime committed when a male induced an unmarried female of previously chaste character to engage in an act of sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage
The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity
enticing someone astray from right behavior an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
{i} enticement, temptation; corruption, act of leading astray; act of persuading someone to engage in sexual activity
That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth