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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
The two cousins then decided to become pimps, and several young women reportedly began working for them. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026 Lestat is treated as unworthy of Akasha’s (Sheila Atim) blood and his choice to turn Louis is belittled by the table because Louis was a pimp. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Verb
Robinson was originally convicted of one felony count of human trafficking and one felony count of pimping in November 2023 for allegedly trafficking a 22-year-old woman against her will, prosecutors said. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Lake recalled Manson allegedly pimping her and the other women and girls in his cult to other adult men and brutally sodomizing her. — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 23 July 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
  • The exclusive look at the first episode of Starfleet Academy season two focused on the cadets’ first away mission, which is interrupted by the arrival of a new character — Keats (Ruaridh Aldington) — who has a very significant part in season two.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Defense secretary Pete Hegseth spoke to the Air Force cadets prior to attending the game.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of cadet
Verb
  • Hickel also described how the production used virtual reality to scout digital environments and simulate different seating positions inside an IMAX auditorium.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Their role becomes clear at 21-, 36- and 52-Across, where the clues solve to partial entries, which can be completed only by using the entry spaces of those dash clues.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of use
Noun
  • Public agencies can buy from or encourage corporate procurers to buy from those AI providers that have complied with remedial measures or provided access to evaluators.
    — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of procurer
Verb
  • Macedo wrote a letter to Steve Kawa, the chair of the authority’s board, ahead of the meeting saying that Choudri had misused taxpayer money and abused public trust.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a sense in the gut that really gets offended by people who abuse their power.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of abuse
Verb
  • Feigenbaum offered a more cautious interpretation, describing some of the violent perpetrators as fringe provocateurs who exploit broader demonstrations without necessarily directing them.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The company has documented instances in which experimental agents took unauthorized actions during testing, including exploiting vulnerabilities and accessing external systems.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of exploit
Verb
  • Ellison and Kreiz emphasized that they’re equally invested in spending on original films as in leveraging that gargantuan stable of IP.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Oura has, of course, tried to sell itself as more than a smart ring, leveraging its massive data set and AI tie-ins as part of a more sweeping narrative.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of leverage
Verb
  • This concept turned into an exhibit element where visitors could manipulate the parameters themselves and create different fields of grass.
    — Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Our minds take in information from the world (input), manipulate it in some fashion (computation), and then enact behavior (output).
    — Benjamin Riley, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of manipulate

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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pimp. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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