(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. (FORMAL)
He’s already ~ed their support on health care reform...
No tuition was charged by the school, which ~ed contributions from the society’s members.
VERB: V n, V n from n
2.
When prostitutes ~, they offer to have sex with people in return for money.
Prostitutes were forbidden to ~ on public roads and in public places.
VERB: V
~ing
Girls could get very heavy sentences for ~ing–nine months or more.
N-UNCOUNT