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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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
Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
White was her pimp, records say, finding men and providing Colbert with security while assisting in theft from victims.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
Jason Green, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
For five years, Ave and the other children trapped there — three of them aged six and under — were brutally pimped by their trafficker until a neighbor summoned the cops.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In short, Snider might have been a pornographer and pimp, but so, too, were Hefner and Bogdanovich.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
White was her pimp, records say, finding men and providing Colbert with security while assisting in theft from victims.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
The suspect was also found at the hotel, police said, adding that she was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking and other charges related to pimping and pandering.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
For five years, Ave and the other children trapped there — three of them aged six and under — were brutally pimped by their trafficker until a neighbor summoned the cops.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pimp
Noun
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The homeland security department denied Schwank’s testimony that the agency does not teach cadets the constitution or proper use of force.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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March 11- Marine cadet plane handlers.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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And Anthropic isn’t actually opposed to using AI to deploy autonomous weapons.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon would use the Defense Production Act to access Anthropic’s technologies regardless of the company’s decision.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Also, Wasserman in recent weeks assured individuals at his company and LA28, that besides the 2002 humanitarian trip with Epstein, there was nothing more to come from his involvement with the shady financier and his procurer Maxwell.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for acting as Epstein’s procurer of young girls.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
3 Dec. 2025
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These violent online groups have allegedly abused hundreds of mostly female minor victims worldwide, according to Homeland Security Investigations.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Giuffre Roberts became a lightning rod to many people who said they'd been abused or trafficked by Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Epstein, a career criminal and con artist, saw weakness in the rich and powerful and exploited it, and his emails are an incredible map of elites, and of their wealth and power.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Manosphere influencers and politicians alike are exploiting young men’s vulnerability, stirring resentment against women.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
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And ever since taking the leap, the 30-year-old has been leveraging both his athletic prowess and STEM skills in the banking industry.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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By leveraging its presence at the World Defense Show, Hyundai Rotem is making the case that hydrogen fuel cells have moved beyond the prototype phase and into the realm of operational viability.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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One of the images – which was flagged during a CNN check as being potentially AI-manipulated – showed the girl, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae and in her early teens, firing a sniper rifle.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Growers manipulate the growing conditions of the plants by regulating temperature, light and moisture.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pimp. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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