In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SEDUCTION
seduction
(noun) enticing someone astray from right behavior
seduction, conquest
(noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
seduction (countable and uncountable, plural seductions)
The act of seducing.
(dated, legal, 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.
Anagrams
• eductions, suctioned
Source: Wiktionary
Se*duc*tion, n. Etym: [L. seductio: cf. F. séduction. See Seduce.]
1. 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.
2. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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