Persuade Italy's new leader (6)

I believe the answer is:

induce

'persuade' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'italy's new leader' is the wordplay.
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'leader' becomes 'duce' (Duce is an example**).
'i'+'n'+'duce'='INDUCE'

(Other definitions for induce that I've seen before include "Give rise to" , "Bring on by artificial means" , "Bring on, cause to happen" , "Persuade, hasten childbirth" , "Persuade or bring on, say birth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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