What does "groom" mean to you, and in particular, is "groom" always a bad thing? I ask because the word has a long history of being used like this: "Born in L

What does "groom" mean to you, and in particular, is "groom" always a bad thing? I ask because the word has a long history of being used like this: "Born in Lisbon, Luís was educated in the Cortes, groomed for a career in the military." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Manuel_da_C%C3%A2mara,_3rd_Count_of_Ribeira_Grande https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Manuel_da_C%C3%A2mar... "Born to an upper-class family, Zhou was groomed for politics" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chifeng_sui https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chifeng_sui "Though he was being groomed for a place in New York's legal establishment ..." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_DeSilver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_DeSilver "Scholars are groomed for the highest levels of command and management in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and beyond." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces_Overseas_Scholarship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces_Oversea... "As a younger son, he was groomed for a career in the church from an early age." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Zobel_von_Giebelstadt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Zobel_von_Giebelstadt On the other hand, if you think "groom" is always negative, then of course it's immoral. Do recruiters stretch the truth and even lie? Yes. Do they use high-pressure sales techniques on teens? Yes. "12 Military Recruiter Lies" - https://www.operationmilitarykids.org/12-military-recruiter-lies/ https://www.operationmilitarykids.org/12-military-recruiter-... "Tracking military recruiter abuse / For one year, we documented reports of abuse, harassment, and misconduct by military recruiters. Here's what we found out and how we can stop it." - https://afsc.org/news/tracking-military-recruiter-abuse https://afsc.org/news/tracking-military-recruiter-abuse As the latter points out, "a year of operating the Military Recruiter Abuse Hotline has shown us that it is all too common for young people to face harassment, lies, and other misconduct as they interact with recruiting stations. " Yes, that is abuse and immoral.