Companies argue that this is necessary to attract and motivate top talent, and is the price they pay to induce executives to sign noncompete agreements.

Instead of being traded, he remained with the Orioles to the end of the season, became a free agent and induced Steinbrenner to sign him.

Torture has "succeeded" in getting people to admit that the devil himself induced them to sign their names in a book of witches.

Would the benefit be sufficient to induce owners to sign such a covenant?

It said the information provided about the service, and the lack of clarification about customers' rights, combined to "induce consumers to sign an additional contract".

Is it appropriate for hospitals to provide patients with forms for living wills at admission, thereby perhaps subtly inducing them to sign the forms?

After that, the Mets never offered anything close enough to induce him to sign for one year.

First, people said the Mets would never induce Martínez to sign with them.

Club officials only hope that Gonzalez is more successful at his job than they have been in inducing him to sign a $140 million contract.

The purpose of the unprovoked attack was to induce the local rulers to sign a new treaty with the East India Company.