as in prostitutes
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
went undercover pretending to be a hooker as part of a sting operation
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Recent Examples of hookers
Well, yes, there were also hookers and tequila girls and whatever else was going on in those offices.
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Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookers
prostitutes
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The mothers were usually poor women or prostitutes, the children generally given up for adoption to orphanages, many of them run by foreign missionaries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Outside a tent, Dunk is told, by two of the show’s jaded yet cheerful prostitutes, that Ser Manfred is busy napping.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Hookers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hookers. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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