Talked into commercial battle eating up money by leading diplomat (7)

I believe the answer is:

advised

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(Other definitions for advised that I've seen before include "Counselled" , "Informed" , "Warned" , "Did guide" , "Gave guidance to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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