solicitation
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adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, suit, suppliance, supplication
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The second trial ended in a hung jury, but the third trial in 2017 resulted in a swift guilty verdict on the solicitation to commit first-degree murder charge. — Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, "Dalia Dippolito’s murder-for-hire case won’t be reviewed by high court," 4 Sep. 2019 The contract solicitation and the potential clash was first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. — Washington Post, "FBI, Facebook could clash over privacy vs. monitoring," 9 Aug. 2019 Epstein, in the end, pleaded guilty to the solicitation of prostitution and the procurement of minors for prostitution. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "When Jeffrey Epstein Joked About Sex Abuse," 9 July 2019 There’s one main thing that crowdfunding shares with traditional philanthropy: having a strategy behind the solicitation. — Quentin Fottrell, Town & Country, "GoFundMe Has Revolutionized How We Give, But Is That a Good Thing?," 19 June 2019 If convicted, the defendants face up to 99 years behind bars for each of the murder charges, the conspiracy to commit murder charge and the solicitation to commit murder charge. — Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star, "Indiana man offered teens in Alaska $9M to kill 19-year-old and send him the footage, feds say," 18 June 2019 While the group opposed the spending deal that Mr. Trump signed, most of its solicitations for donations these days are either about Mr. Trump or issues that are broadly popular with conservatives. — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, "The Tea Party Didn’t Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger," 28 Aug. 2019 Le posted a $500 bond on Tuesday after he was charged with one misdemeanor count of solicitation, Fort Bend County district court records show. — James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle, "HPD officer arrested in undercover prostitution sting," 18 July 2019 The Bronx native faces multiple charges, including misdemeanor reckless endangerment, criminal solicitation, conspiracy, harassment, and assault, as well as two counts of felony attempted assault with intent to cause serious physical injury. — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, "Cardi B pleads not guilty to strip club fight charges," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'solicitation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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