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- Dictionarysoliciting/səˈlɪsɪtɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the action or fact of accosting someone and offering one's or someone else's services as a prostitute: "although prostitution was not itself an offence, soliciting was"
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: to approach with a request or plea. solicited Congress for funding. 2. : to urge (something, such as one's cause) strongly. 3. a. : to entice or lure especially into evil. b. : to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute. 4. : to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas. solicited donations.
Contents. SOLICIT definition: 1. to ask someone for money, information, or help: 2. to offer sex for money, usually in a public…. Learn more.
to seek to influence or incite to action, especially unlawful or wrong action. Synonyms: provoke, arouse, excite. to offer to have sex with in exchange for money. verb (used without object) to make a petition or request, as for something desired. to solicit orders or trade, as for a business: No soliciting allowed in this building.
the act of requesting something, especially money: Deceptive advertising, soliciting, and recruitment are prohibited on campus. the act of offering to exchange money for sex: One man, arrested twice for online soliciting, was rearrested while on a work release program. Discover More.
Definitions of solicit. verb. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently. “Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce”. “My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities”. synonyms: beg, tap. see more. verb. make a solicitation or petition for something desired.
1. verb. If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. [formal] He's already solicited their support on health care reform. [VERB noun] No tuition was charged by the school, which solicited contributions from the society's members. [VERB noun + from]
solicit. [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to ask somebody for something, such as support, money or information; to try to get something or persuade somebody to do something. solicit something (from somebody) They were planning to solicit funds from a number of organizations.
1. to try to obtain by earnest plea or application: to solicit aid. 2. to entreat; petition: to solicit the committee for funds.
Definitions of 'solicit' 1. If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. [formal] [...] 2. When prostitutes solicit, they offer to have sex with people in return for money. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'solicit' American English: səlɪsɪt British English: səlɪsɪt. More. Conjugations of 'solicit'
noun [ U ] law specialized uk / səˈlɪs.ɪ.tɪŋ / us / səˈlɪs.ɪ.t̬ɪŋ / Add to word list. the act of offering to have sex for money. (Definition of soliciting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of soliciting? Translations of soliciting. in Chinese (Traditional) 拉客，賣淫…
