Whether the verbs in 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require the defendant to transform the minor's will or merely attempt to cause unlawful sexual activity

QUESTION PRESENTED Title 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) prohibits using a facility or means of interstate commerce to “persuad|[e], induc[e], entic[e], or coerc[e]” a minor to engage in any sexual activity that is forbidden by state law, subject to a tenyear mandatory minimum sentence. The question presented is whether those quoted verbs sweep in any conduct that simply attempts to cause commission of unlawful sexual activity (as the court below and some other Circuits have held), or whether the verbs also require something more—an effort by the defendant to transform the minor’s will, alter the minor’s mental state, or otherwise secure the minor’s assent (as several other Circuits have held).