solicitation

Meanings

Plural: solicitations

Noun

• an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
  • "a solicitation to the king for relief"
• request for a sum of money
• the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
• the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
• 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

Synonyms

allurement, appeal, collection, ingathering, petition

Related Words

applicant