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as in seducers
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire
money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls
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as in petitioners
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way
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Recent Examples of solicitors
Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.
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Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Phishing texts claiming that tolls haven’t been paid or packages can’t be delivered, calls from solicitors promising to erase debt, malware emails offering winnings from a sweepstakes that no one ever entered.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Phishing texts claiming that tolls haven’t been paid or packages can’t be delivered, calls from solicitors promising to erase debt, malware emails offering winnings from a sweepstakes that no one ever entered.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicitors
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The United States filed a brief in support of the petitioners one month later, stating the Court should hear the case and reverse the ruling by the appeals court.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In May, recall petitioners submitted 10,500 valid signatures to qualify the initiative for Tuesday’s ballot.—
Janie Har,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Judging by the public reaction, this was only the endgame for the royal race-baiters.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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In videos released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol, which were allegedly posted by Carlin, the content creator appears to be speeding away from a police car with its sirens blaring and his motorcycle’s speedometer reaching over 100 mph.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Families huddled in safe rooms assume the sirens will end soon but grow alarmed as the sound of gunfire builds.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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At best, the rulers who met in Doha on Monday act as supplicants, relying on the whims of a unpredictable US president to intercede with Israel’s leader.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Solicitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitors. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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