term:

Solicit

solicit vt

1 : to make petition to [ the court]
2 : to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and esp. to commit a crime compare coerce, importune
3 : to attempt to persuade (a person) to purchase something
4 : to attempt to bring about or obtain by soliciting a person [ bribes]
vi
1 : to make solicitation
2 of a prostitute
: to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money

Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.