pimp 1 of 2

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

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Recent Examples of pimp
Noun
Cops targeted only the top 10% who caused the most harm by spending the most money to help pimps traffic the largest number of girls. Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025 The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office alleged that the defendant, Dorian Harris, was a pimp who stirred fear in at least one of the women who were under his command. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
There was a time when pimping your coffee was the height of cool. Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025 Another one let her cocaine-dealing thug son use her car before the kid went to federal prison for pimping. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pimp
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Noun
  • Prince William in uniform as an officer cadet at the Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy, April 12, 2006, while Princess Kate is seen at the Cheltenham Festival on March 16, 2007.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • Two cadets with severe injuries are receiving treatment at New York hospitals and their families have traveled there to be with them, Morales said.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters China is devising more ways for foreign institutions to use the yuan, as international confidence in the U.S. dollar falters.
    Lee Ying Shan,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 25 June 2025
  • Help customers understand how your compliance actually protects them and unlocks their ability to use your product with confidence.
    Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • As the procurers of finances and managers of staff, they’re often seen as the hard-nosed businesspeople behind the whimsical auteurs.
    Serena Dai, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
  • The government remains a major economic actor in the U.S., although now as more of a procurer of goods and services than a provider or employer.
    Nathan Meyers, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Federal employees widely abused the Biden administration‘s telework policies, according to an inspector general report released by the Office of Personnel Management on Friday.
    Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2025
  • In the procedural drama, Rodríguez brings to life a multi-layered and solemn character shaped by a traumatic childhood — abused within the foster care system, with no knowledge of his origins, and struggling with severe dyslexia.
    Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The risk was leaving big spaces out wide that could be exploited in transition, by Juventus’ wing-backs especially.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Pratt’s conviction kept him behind bars for 27 years, and the case haunted Cochran, who believed Pratt was innocent and who had made a mistake at trial that prosecutors skillfully exploited.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Mets could deal from strength Look for the New York Mets to again leverage their pitching-rich farm system.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • Google is using YouTube videos to train its AI models, CNBC reported , showing how tech giants are leveraging their own platforms to gain model-building advantages.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Our Senate and representatives are all manipulating their own power rather than running the country.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
  • But the lesson of the ’74 Act is clear: Absent congressional will, lawmakers inevitably will find ways to manipulate their own rules to make deficits even worse.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pimp. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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