Money is always a temptation.
The dessert menu has a lot of delicious temptations.
the temptations of the city
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13th century
allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, lure, siren song, turn-on;
attraction, encouragement, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, persuasion, seducement, seduction, spur, stimulus;
: a strong urge or desire to have or do something
: something that causes a strong urge or desire to have or do something and especially something that is bad, wrong, or unwise
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