solicitation
noun [ C or U ] formal uk/səˌlɪs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ us/səˌlɪs.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
（对金钱、意见或帮助的）请求，征求
a request for money, information, or help
Through door-to-door solicitation, they raised $20,000 to build the city's first hospital. 通过挨家挨户的募捐，他们筹集了2万美元来建造这座城市的第一家医院。
This is not an offer or solicitation of any kind to buy or sell any investment products. 这绝不是购买或出售任何投资产品的要约或请求。
law specialized（卖淫者）拉客，招嫖
an offer of sex for money, usually in a public place
Those ads are not necessarily obscene or solicitations for sex. 那些广告不一定含有淫秽或招嫖的内容。
If you are facing solicitation charges, your attorney can understand and interpret the evidence. 如果你被控招嫖罪，你的律师会解读相关证据的。
See: solicit
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- An improper solicitation is illegal for lawyers, who are prohibited from contacting prospective clients.
- Mail solicitations for credit cards grew to a record 3.5 billion last year.
- Solicitations sent out to 60 of the biggest corporations in the city failed to generate new sponsors.
- He was arrested and charged with one count of solicitation for prostitution.
- No court record of her solicitation conviction could be found.