massage parlor

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Recent Examples of massage parlor In the early hours of the following morning, four referees who officiated the match were allegedly taken to a massage parlor by the KFA, which spent 760,000 Korean won ($536). — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 The women arrested in massage parlor raids are often Chinese or, more recently, Venezuelan immigrants, according to the Cook County public defender’s office and local court records. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 According to Melina, workers in as many as 10 strip clubs and massage parlors were either striking or mobilizing colleagues to strike this weekend. — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Brady, however, was visibly uncomfortable during parts of the event, specifically when host Jeff Ross made a joke about Patriots owner Robert Kraft's 2019 arrest for soliciting prostitution in a Florida massage parlor. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for massage parlor
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Noun
  • She was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy house, according to the DHS.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • All of the women working in the bawdy houses are modest and never look lascivious because, Lord knows, that would be horrific.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Johnson was charged in July in Baltimore County with maintaining a disorderly house for his part in holding the pool parties and an arrest warrant was issued.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The idea was associated with visionary eighteenth-century architects like Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and Étienne-Louis Boullée—perhaps the most famous example is Ledoux’s Oikema, a proposal for a brothel shaped like a massive phallus.
    — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The lore says the building operated as a brothel in its early years, with a tavern then as now on the ground floor.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Massage parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massage%20parlor. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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