Thesaurus results for HARLOTRY

harlotry

noun

ˈhär-lə-trē

Definition of harlotry

disapproving

as in prostitution

the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money a city that in biblical times was infamous for licentiousness and harlotry

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Recent Examples of harlotry In one case, the life of an upper-class woman and contemporary of Julius Caesar, Clodia, saw her reputation destroyed by false claims of harlotry, home-wrecking, and husband-killing. — Time, 24 Nov. 2025 Within the slippery world of harlotry—where class can be transcended and humanity bought—relationships form that defy our historical assumptions about the bounded categories of human experience. — Sarah Marshall, New Republic, 2 June 2017

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prostitution

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Convicted by a New York City jury of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July 2025 at the end of lurid and violence-detailing trial, Combs was sentenced in September 2025 to a 50-month stint with time served.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The 56-year-old had been serving his 50-month sentence at Fort Dix, a low-security federal facility in New Jersey after he was convicted last summer on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

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