solicitation是什么意思

他因拉客而被捉。

solicit means 拉客. When you walk by for example the bar street in Shanghai or Beijing, they are solicitors to solicit you to go in for a drink.

There are 2 kinds of lawyers in the common law system: solicitors and barristers. Barristers can defend you at court, while solicitors can do paperwork and solicit business for barristers.

Solicitor is lawyer. However, it has another meaning, which is the pimp to solicit business for sexual establishments. When you go to Shenzhen (outside of railway station), there are solicitors asking if you want a girl for 100 RMB. They are not lawyers. They are pimps.

If this sentence is from a newspaper or a book in an English speaking country where soliciting business for example a bar or a restaurant is legal, this sentence probably refers to solicitation for sexual business.

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