What does Grooming mean?

Other definitions of Grooming:
- The act of coercing someone into subservience, especially regarding sexual favors, over some period of time. Usually conducted by sex traffickers or pedophiles.
- Similar to gaslighting, the act of "training" another person into certain behaviors.
- Originally refers to maintaining an animals coat, has come to describe the process of training someone to do something, usually to do something they would not have chosen.
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Grooming:
We've seen an increase in young teens caught in sexual grooming schemes.
I dumped that dude when I realized he was trying to groom me to be his personal toy.
What are you doing? Grooming me to be quiet and docile? Fuck you, dude.
I had to seek help to get me out of a grooming situation. Thankfully, I could get out.
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