intortare.
to soft-soap
Meaning & usage
to soft-soap
Where this word comes from
in + torto + -are, essentially "to entwist [someone]". Popularly reanalyzed as if in + torta + -are, as if it originally meant "to cake [someone]", with the implied message that by doing so the victim is being distracted by the "cake" (more generically, any kind of boon) the swindler maliciously gave them.
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