solicit
/səˈlɪsɪt/
verb
- To ask for something, such as money, help, or information, in a formal or persistent way.
- The company is soliciting feedback from customers about their new product.
- She decided to solicit advice from her professor before choosing her classes.
- The charity sent volunteers to solicit donations outside the grocery store.
- To try to get someone to do something, especially to buy something or to commit a crime.
- He was fired for soliciting his coworkers to join a competing business.
- The police arrested a man for soliciting someone to steal a car.
- Telemarketers often solicit people to buy things they don't need.