Solicitation

Definitions

1. the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
   countable, uncountable
2. 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
   US, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"The instances you have⟳ quoted," replied the other, "are certainly very encouraging! Homer past a life in blindness and beggary; Columbus, in vain solicitation and feverish disappointment; and Luther's was spent in struggle⟳, imprisonment, and danger...”

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