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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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Recent Examples of solicitor
Stormzy’s solicitor Peter Csemiczky said that his client accepted responsibility for the offenses and apologized.
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Thomas Smith, Billboard, 2 Jan. 2025
Property owners can legally place signs on their premises to prohibit unwanted visitors, including solicitors, canvassers and other uninvited guests.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Like Harker, the solicitor (and first narrator) in Stoker’s novel, Hutter travels all the way to Transylvania to meet his client.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
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Thomas Smith, Billboard, 2 Jan. 2025
Property owners can legally place signs on their premises to prohibit unwanted visitors, including solicitors, canvassers and other uninvited guests.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Like Harker, the solicitor (and first narrator) in Stoker’s novel, Hutter travels all the way to Transylvania to meet his client.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicitor
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Board member Pamela Escobar, who did not vote for Lancaster, thanked petitioners for sharing their concerns at the meeting.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2025
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Kim Kardashian and nearly 400,000 petitioners are advocating for their release.—
Maxwell Millington,
Axios,
10 Oct. 2024
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Jesus again rejects material gain, and finally banishes the tempter: Satan is not the real God, because there is only one God; the Devil doesn’t have the best tunes.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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Dre Kirkpatrick let his tempter get the best of him after Arizona had stopped Seattle on third down and during a confrontation with the Seahawks’ Metcalf, got hit with a costly 15-yard taunting penalty that changed the entire complexion of the situation.—
Bob McManaman,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Nov. 2020
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.—
Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2024
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By 2018, Google had received almost 2.4 million URL removal requests from 400,000 requesters; 43% of requests were approved.—
Joe Hindy,
PCMAG,
27 Feb. 2025
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The requester sought for the book to be moved from the children’s section to an adult section.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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The event is actually about 5 miles to the north, along Interstate 70, where its performances will hopefully overpower the sirens and 18-wheeler horns crowding that busy stretch.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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If necessary, the agent will activate the siren and spotlight as a deterrent and contact local law enforcement.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Solicitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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