Meaning
to lure, to groom
- To lure, entice, or trick someone using deceptive means.
- To groom someone, particularly online or for criminal or illicit purposes.
In a sentence
I malintenzionati usavano profili falsi per adescare giovani su internet.
Predators were using fake profiles to lure young people on the internet.
Ha tentato di adescare i passanti con una falsa offerta di lavoro.
He tried to entice passersby with a fake job offer.
La polizia postale indaga su chi cerca di adescare minorenni in rete.
The cyber police are investigating those who try to groom minors online.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| adescare | infinitive |
| adesco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| adeschi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adesca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adeschiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| adescate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adescano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adescavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| adescavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| adescava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| adescavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| adescavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| adescavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| adescai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| adescasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| adescò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| adescammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| adescaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| adescarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| adescherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| adescherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| adescherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| adescheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| adescherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| adescheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| adeschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| adeschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adeschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adeschiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| adeschiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adeschino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adescassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| adescassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| adescasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| adescassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| adescaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| adescassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| adescherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| adescheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| adescherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| adescheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| adeschereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| adescherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| adesca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| adeschiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| adescate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| adescando | gerund |
| adescato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Spelling quirk: takes an 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (adeschi, adescherò) to preserve the hard /k/ sound.
- Carries strong negative connotations of deceit, predation, or exploitation.