First of all, I'd like to know why this verb is usually followed by an object rather than a verb. For example:
John lured Kate to his house.
(rather than)
Jack lured Tim into stealing money from his mom.
Why do most of the examples I found in the dictionaries show only the first use of the word?(see for example Collins) Does the second example sound so strange? If so, are better verbs to use?
Second, suppose we agreed to use lure+verb, which of the following should be used?
Jack lured Tim into stealing money from his mom.
Jack lured Tim to steal money from his mom.
Best Answer
The correct form is
with preposition into + gerund stealing.
In the first example
it is (1) subject + (2) conjugated verb + (3) direct object + (4) preposition + (5) indirect object
i.e. (1) John + (2) lured + (3) Kate + (4) to + (5) his house
whereas in the second example
it is (1) subject + (2) conjugated verb + (3) direct object + (4) preposition + (5) gerund verb + (6) direct object + (7) preposition + (8) indirect object
i.e. (1) Jack + (2) lured + (3) Tim + (4) into + (5) stealing + (6) money + (7) from + (8) his mom
Most dictionaries only show the first use
as it is the simpler form of subject / verb / direct object / indirect object rather than including a second verb in the gerund form (e.g. stealing) and then additional objects.