The idiom leading on and the word defrauding are today used to mean that someone of the opposite sex, acts or talks in a manner to entice or lure towards a romantic relationship, that they may not at the end of it seal the deal.
The idiom leading on and the word defrauding are today used to mean that someone of the opposite sex, acts or talks in a manner to entice or lure towards a romantic relationship, that they may not at the end of it seal the deal.