Thesaurus results for HARLOTRY

harlotry

noun

ˈhär-lə-trē

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 That's how my job eventually descended into harlotry: through the endless cat-and-mouse game of porntrepreneurs subverting Google's anti-smut policies. —

Lucas Peterson, GQ, 22 May 2017

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prostitution

Noun

The play is peppered with such issues as social justice, politics, prostitution, women’s rights and anti-semitism.

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Both denied knowing anything about Epstein’s crimes prior to his 2008 conviction in Florida for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.

— Robin Abcarian, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026