as in brothel
a building in which prostitutes are available
the police staged a raid on the London bagnio, causing great inconvenience to its well-heeled clientele
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brothel
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Polly Adler has worked long and hard to build up her high-class brothel business.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
9 June 2026 -
We’re left with Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) all alone in her modern-day brothel — a dollhouse filled with shiny things and zero substance — and Lexi (Maude Apatow) once again taking the moral high ground without fully grasping why.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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“Bagnio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bagnio. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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