0 to persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises: --
1 to try to persuade someone to do something by saying things that please the person or make the person feel important: --
Beneath the principals stood thousands of petty dictators who sought to preserve their own difficult position by opportunistic behaviour (wheeling and dealing) and by cajoling their underlings in turn.
Examinations may have been used just for information-gathering purposes, and removal orders could be issued to cajole the immigrants' parish of settlement into producing certificates or agreeing to non-resident relief.
Charles busied himself with important political questions and continually chided and cajoled parliament in the direction he wanted it to go.
What an empty place social gerontology will be when we no longer have his voice to correct, cajole and caution us to raise the bar without lowering our guard.
Through these she beckons and cajoles her followers as they wend their way across the temporal expanses of the other strata.
While the association in most instances lacks the ability to threaten credibly, it can certainly cajole members and remind them of their collective responsibilities.
Should they be manipulated, cajoled, coerced, forced to decide?
We aren't arguing that counselors should push, cajole, and strong-arm their patients.