0 past simple and past participle of schmooze
1 to talk informally with someone, especially in a way that is not sincere or to win some advantage for yourself:
Daldry cleverly schmoozed the critics, trying to make them hip to the new aesthetic of 'in yer face' cool.
She decides to get her own apartment but is schmoozed over by a real-estate agent and leases a complete dump of an apartment without ever seeing it.
Ted schmoozed her into joining his realty firm, selling upscale properties to snobs just like herself.