solicitation
The action or instance of solicitingThe action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
» Sami was accused of solicitation to commit murder.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)The action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
хода́тайствоxodátajstvo
(US, countable, uncountable)An inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime
- the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
- request for a sum of money
- an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
Examples
3 sentencesSami was accused of solicitation to commit murder.
Sami was found guilty of solicitation to commit first degree murder.
Yanni was found guilty of criminal solicitation and was sentenced to forty years. Skura got life.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.
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Forms
plural: solicitations| Singular | solicitation |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money):allurement
- request for a sum of money:appealcollectioningathering
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.