What's the word for enticing someone and eloping with them?

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What word(verb) should go in the blank in the sentence below?
He----X's wife/girlfriend and married her.
Basically I need a word that means enticed, and later eloped with (X's wife/girlfriend.)
I cannot think of a proper word for this context, and so I would appreciate any help forthcoming.

fev · Accepted Answer

I am not sure you will easily find one single word that contains both connotations (of enticing and eloping). I would express your sentence in this way

He seduced X's wife/girlfriend into eloping with him.

Longman defines the expression seduce somebody into doing something as
to make someone want to do something by making it seem very attractive or interesting to them

Leaders are people who can seduce other people into sharing their
dream.

Entice into doing something is just as good.
Certainly, eloping doesn't always end up in marriage, so you may consider saying:

He seduced X's wife/girlfriend into marrying him.

which would hint at the fact that the marriage was possible through an elopement.

Decapitated Soul · Answer

Maybe to court them? It's the closest word I could come up with.
From Collins Dictionary:

To court a particular person, group, or country means to try to please them or improve your relations with them, often so that they will do something that you want them to do.

And from LDOCE:

to try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them.

What's the word for enticing someone and eloping with them?

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