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as in seducer
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 petitioner
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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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 solicitor
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Royal says that her uncle, Philip, Slough’s brother, is a solicitor in the UK and he’s written to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the UK, asking it to investigate their family's case with Swiss authorities.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 2 Sep. 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
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Noun
The trust’s beneficiaries—his solicitor Diana Rawstron and his daughter Rose Boyt—were instructed to distribute it according to his private wishes.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Royal says that her uncle, Philip, Slough’s brother, is a solicitor in the UK and he’s written to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the UK, asking it to investigate their family's case with Swiss authorities.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.
—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
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“Solicitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitor. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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