seduction

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductio, from sēdūcō.

noun

1. The act of seducing.
   Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body. Jen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all. Douglas: All right. Jen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for. Douglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen. Jen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven. Douglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber! 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
   Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire. Step 1: Be attractive. Step 2: Don't be unattractive.
2. (dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.