solicit verb
ADV. actively She had actively solicited funds for her election campaign.
PREP. for Local companies were solicited for money. | from She solicited support from other teachers.
v.
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
John is courting Mary
he was solicited by a prostitute
The young man was caught soliciting in the park
He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
She is too shy to solicit