Definition of prostitute
prostituted
;prostituting
transitive verb
1 : to offer indiscriminately for sexual intercourse especially for money
2 : to devote to corrupt or unworthy purposes : debase prostitute one's talents
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Examples of prostitute in a Sentence
a writer who prostituted his talents by writing commercials
a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money
Recent Examples of prostitute from the Web
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A man who pleaded guilty to forcing women to prostitute themselves on Backpage.com was sentenced to federal prison yesterday.
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A Boynton Beach man is facing the possibility of life in prison for allegedly prostituting a 16-year-old girl, federal authorities said Thursday.
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A Bridgeport man who prostituted and beat a 15-year-old girl pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of sex trafficking of a minor.
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From the age of eight, Moochie was brutally tortured and grotesquely enslaved, raped, and prostituted by a sadistic stepfather.
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From the age of eight, Moochie was brutally tortured and grotesquely enslaved, raped, and prostituted by a sadistic stepfather.
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Science and legalities aside, the reality is that no child who is prostituted does so free of compulsion.
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But eventually a story emerged about a couple of women who had gone to Lusaka for school, run out of money for food, and wound up prostituting themselves and being trafficked, never to return to their village.
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prostitute
Definition of prostitute
: devoted to corrupt purposes : prostituted
First Known Use of prostitute
1563
prostitute
Definition of prostitute
1a : a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse especially for money : whoreb : a male who engages in sexual and especially homosexual practices for money
2 : a person (such as a writer or painter) who deliberately debases his or her talents (as for money)
Examples of prostitute in a Sentence
the town was horrified to discover that she had once been a prostitute
Recent Examples of prostitute from the Web
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In 1996, a conservative majority of the Supreme Court affirmed the seizure of a wife’s car when her husband used it while soliciting a prostitute.
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Just before Hong Kong’s election in 2004, authorities charged an opposition politician with patronising prostitutes and sentenced him to six months detention.
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Prostitutes run around naked and screaming before a baby is unceremoniously killed.
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Police reports filed in the case detailed problems with prostitutes standing on the curb in front of the property trying to flag down passing motorists.
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O'Brien discussed his relationship with the teen prostitute and implicated other officers in his suicide note.
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Spinner also said the Navy lacks hard evidence that Morales engaged with prostitutes beyond claims made by Francis, who has since become a witness for prosecutors.
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On April 22, the woman and another prostitute rode to the 3700 block of South Prieur Street to meet him.
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Individual B, 19, began working as a prostitute for Hazley in August 2016, after being introduced to him by a girlfriend and moving into his home, the complaint states.
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First Known Use of prostitute
1607
PROSTITUTE Defined for English Language Learners
prostitute
playDefinition of prostitute for English Language Learners
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: to use (something valuable, such as talent) in a way that is not appropriate or respectable and especially to earn money
prostitute
Definition of prostitute for English Language Learners
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: a person who has sex with someone in exchange for money
Law Dictionary
prostitute
Legal Definition of prostitute
prostituted
prostituting
: to offer as a prostitute
Origin and Etymology of prostitute
Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere, from pro- before + statuere to cause to stand, place
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