prostitute

verb

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pros·ti·tute | \ ˈprä-stə-ˌtüt

, -ˌtyüt \

prostituted; prostituting; prostitutes

Definition of prostitute

(Entry 1 of 3)

transitive verb

1 : to offer for sexual intercourse in exchange for pay prostitute oneself

2 : to devote to corrupt or unworthy purposes : debase prostitute one's talents

intransitive verb

: to act as a prostitute : to prostitute oneself When she prostituted, she worked as a call girl …— Joanne Meyerowitz

prostitute

adjective

Definition of prostitute (Entry 2 of 3)

: devoted to corrupt purposes : prostituted

prostitute

noun

plural prostitutes

Definition of prostitute (Entry 3 of 3)

1 : a person who engages in sexual intercourse in exchange for pay

2 : a person (such as a writer or painter) who deliberately debases his or her talents (as for money)

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Examples of prostitute in a Sentence

Verb a writer who prostituted his talents by writing commercials a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money Noun the town was horrified to discover that she had once been a prostitute

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Gormican and co-writer Kevin Etten don’t account for filmgoers’ ironic awareness that actors can prostitute themselves and occasionally redeem lousy assignments with exemplary work. — Armond White, National Review, 22 Apr. 2022 Prosecutors said Price met the two underage girls from Texas through Instagram and encouraged both to prostitute themselves. — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020 But over the years, like in Venice and Barcelona, floods of visitors have overwhelmed local lives -- from puking stoners to prostitute stalkers. — Ruben Munsterman, Fortune, 9 June 2020 The victim told police that Veasley spoke to her about prostituting herself and provided her with a pack of condoms. — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2020 Celia now takes refuge in a ravine beneath a highway overpass with other homeless children who dumpster dive for food and prostitute themselves for a few dollars or the promise of a hot meal or drugs. — Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019 The woman testified that Tawfeeq talked to her about how to prostitute herself to make extra money. — Amanda Marrazzo, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019 His mother, who could not read or write, sometimes prostituted herself to keep food on the table. — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2019 Court documents suggested that the girl had a falling out with Horenstein and allegedly ended up being prostituted by another woman, 27-year-old Souprina Blanc. — Fox News, 4 Dec. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Police are thinking differently about the undetermined death of a woman previously thought to have been killed in a rash of prostitute murders on Long Island, New York. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 May 2022 But the record suggests that Comey might have had another reason for taking the unverified story of the prostitute video to Trump. — New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017 Now Julianna cobbles together a living as a cocktail waitress, part-time exotic dancer and quasi-prostitute. — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Her disguise as a boy doesn’t prevent her from being kidnapped, drugged and shipped overseas to work as prostitute in San Francisco, where, in the 1880s, anti-Chinese sentiment is strong. — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022 After discovering that Mencía is a prostitute, Rebeka's mother blackmails Mencía to break up with her daughter. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2022 Born in 1775, historians speculate that Madame Ching may have started out as a prostitute or madame on a floating brothel. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2022 The story follows a business arrangement that blossoms into love between corporate raider Edward Lewis and Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward, famously played by Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in the movie. — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022 Cecsarini will direct Bill Cain's comedy about Shakespeare stuck in plague quarantine with a Puritan lawyer and a prostitute, trying to write a play. — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2022 Celebrities can have their online presence scrubbed for having a nasty divorce, evading taxes or hiring a prostitute, or for no clear reason at all. — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 The comedian gets pulled over after offering a ride to an alleged transgender prostitute. — CNN, 18 Mar. 2022 Lin also instructed the investigator to look for compromising information about the candidate’s personal life and suggested trying to orchestrate a scandal involving a prostitute, according to the complaint. — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2022 See More

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