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noun

ˈpimp How to pronounce pimp (audio)
Definition of pimpnext
as in cadet
a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money the sting operation nabbed 15 prostitutes and two pimps

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verb

as in to use
to take unfair advantage of a movie actress who pimped everybody she ever met as she clawed her way to the top

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Recent Examples of pimp
Noun
Police subsequently identified Davis as Jackson’s pimp, through phone records and witness identification, according to court records. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Dressed in revealing clothing, some were visibly nervous; others appeared calm as nearby pimps watched over them like hawks. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Verb
Dennis, 32, was sentenced to six years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the pimping charge, court records show. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 With a focus on combating prostitution, pimping, pandering, and human trafficking impacting the downtown area, officers with the San Bernardino Police Department served a search warrant on April 29 at the motel. — Zach Boetto, CBS News, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pimp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pimp
  1. cadet
  2. use
  3. procurer
  4. abuse
  5. exploit
  6. leverage
  7. manipulate
Noun
  • Meanwhile, enrollment in formal military cadet schools and specialized recruitment tracks reached 780,000 students by 2025, up from 200,000 in 2018.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • William graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as an officer cadet in December 2006 and served the British Armed Forces for over seven years.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of cadet
Verb
  • Operators can also continue using diesel when hydrogen supplies are unavailable.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Razorbill brings that experience to one of the industry's most recognizable blade profiles, using extensive CNC machining to make geometry itself part of both the product's performance and its appearance.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of use
Noun
  • She is approached by Pramatha, who presents himself as a welfare worker offering lodging and employment but is, in fact, a procurer preying on refugee women.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The past several decades of technology policy have been treated as a narrow technical affair, the domain of scientists, industry CEOs, procurers, and lawyers.
    — Vilas Dhar, Time, 10 June 2026
Definition of procurer
Verb
  • The City Council instructed the city attorney to regulate phenibut, a drug that’s available at gas stations and being abused as a nervous system depressant.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Communities from Lansing, Michigan, to Pflugerville, Texas, are ending their relationship with Flock, largely over concerns regarding out-of-control surveillance, unwanted data sharing, high expenses, and reports of police abusing the tool.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of abuse
Verb
  • Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have uncovered a new processor attack that can bypass defenses in Intel and AMD chips by exploiting a security gap lasting only a handful of instructions.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Other Surrealists, meanwhile, seemed to take from animals a license to exploit other (generally female) bodies, as in Clovis Trouille’sJustine(1937), in which both a naked female figure and a lion are bound and captive.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploit
Verb
  • The emergence of Anthropic's Mythos in April, which made clear that AI, left unchecked and unsecured, could be leveraged by bad actors to exploit previously undiscovered vulnerabilities.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • With the industry's current pace of innovation, leveraging AI and IoT is bringing within reach the ability to solve critical challenges impacting people's quality of life and sustainability.
    — Alper Yegin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of leverage
Verb
  • Last Wednesday, Meta reached a settlement with the attorneys general of forty-seven states, who had sued it for illegally manipulating the attention of children.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The finding could matter for quantum computers, where lasers are used to manipulate qubits and even tiny changes in their interactions can affect the accuracy of quantum operations.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pimp. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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