solicitation

Etymology

From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō.

noun

  1. the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
  2. (US, law) 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

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