ambulance chaser |
(informal) a lawyer who persistently seeks accident victims as clients and tries to convince them to sue for damages. |
a tough nut to crack |
a person who is hard to understand, know well, or convince. [1/2 definitions] |
blandish |
to convince or coax with flattery; cajole. [2 definitions] |
bring around |
to persuade (one) to accept a certain line of thought; convince. [1/2 definitions] |
deprogram |
to convince of the error of recently acquired beliefs, esp. those of a religious cult, by coercive means such as kidnapping, deprivation of sleep, and long interrogation and argumentation. |
get |
to convince; persuade. [1/10 definitions] |
interest |
to convince to take part in; tempt. [1/8 definitions] |
persuade |
to cause (another) to believe something; convince. [1/2 definitions] |
persuasion |
the ability to convince someone to believe something or do something. [1/2 definitions] |
reason |
to convince by using reason. [1/9 definitions] |
reconvince |
combined form of convince. |
satisfy |
to drive away feelings of doubt; convince. [1/3 definitions] |
seduce |
to convince or beguile into having sexual relations. [1/3 definitions] |
sell |
to convince or persuade to buy. [1/9 definitions] |
shill |
an accomplice of a swindler or vendor, who feigns an enthusiastic interest in the goods or deal being offered in order to convince unsuspecting customers to buy or enter into the deal. [1/4 definitions] |
talk |
to bring or persuade; convince (usually followed by "into"). [1/7 definitions] |
talk down |
to convince (someone) to lower the price of something. [1/3 definitions] |
talk into |
to convince someone to do something. |
talk out of |
to convince someone not to do something. |
win over |
to get (someone) on one's side; to convince (someone) to give support to one's plan or idea. |