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so·lic·i·ta·tion

   [suh-lis-i-tey-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act of soliciting.
2.
entreaty, urging, or importunity; a petition or request.
3.
enticement or allurement.
4.
Law.
a.
the crime of asking another to commit or to aid in a crime.
b.
the act of a prostitute soliciting in a public place.
Origin:
1485–95; < Latin sollicitātiōn- (stem of sollicitātiō), equivalent to sollicitāt(us) (past participle of sollicitāre to solicit; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms
non·so·lic·i·ta·tion, noun
pre·so·lic·i·ta·tion, noun
re·so·lic·i·ta·tion, noun
su·per·so·lic·i·ta·tion, noun
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an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act
to put an end to or suppress a nuisance; to annul a writ
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solicit (səˈlɪsɪt)
 
—vb (when intr, foll by for) , -its, -iting, -ited
1.  to make a request, application, or entreaty to (a person for business, support, etc)
2.  to accost (a person) with an offer of sexual relations in return for money
3.  to provoke or incite (a person) to do something wrong or illegal
 
[C15: from Old French solliciter to disturb, from Latin sollicitāre to harass, from sollicitus agitated, from sollus whole + citus, from ciēre to excite]
 
solici'tation
 
—n

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