ingratiate
ingratiate.01 - cause to be grateful, suck up to
INGRATIATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'ingratiate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from ingratiate.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
ingratiate (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: sycophant
ARG1-PPT: us. 'self'
ARG2-GOL: grateful entity
ARG1-PPT: us. 'self'
ARG2-GOL: grateful entity
toady?
`` It 's not uncommon for
these guysARG0
to send pictures of themselves or their families to ingratiaterel
themselvesARG1
to their clientsARG2
, '' says Terree Bowers , chief of the major - frauds section of the U.S. attorney 's office in Los Angeles .