Definition of pimpingnext

pimping

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verb

present participle of pimp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pimping
Verb
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 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 Dquanzie Blackmon was charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering and remains jailed in lieu of $300,000 bail, court records show. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026 Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret. Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 Mays faces 11 charges, including pimping, possession of automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines, and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to sell. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026 Armstrong has been charged by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit with single counts of human trafficking of a minor, pimping a minor over the age of 16 years and pandering with a minor over 16 years old — all felonies. City News Service, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pimping
Adjective
  • For now, the aftermarket pays nominal registry fees to officially access the manufacturers’ secure gateways.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
  • As a base rate, the S&P grows earnings approximately 6% a year, in line with historical nominal GDP growth.
    Timothy P. Beyer, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • In the film, Morton delivers a powerful monologue about men abusing power.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • An article in the Washington Post chronicled how police officers were caught abusing surveillance technology to stalk ex-wives and, in at least one case, an actress a police officer wanted to meet.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Sale appeared to have a slight hitch in his leg before starting his motion when he was called for his third career balk.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • And earlier this week, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for June showed a slight pickup in hiring and quits (an indicator of employee confidence) while layoffs were essentially unchanged.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Disgusted that any adult would ever consider exploiting a child in such a vile and predatory way.
    Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In OpenAI's case, the model broke out of its testing environment by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability to complete a task it was assigned.
    Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The show finds ways to expose the worst in its characters, their pettiest, most vengeful, greediest parts.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond petty crime, the department warned that Belgium remains at risk for terrorist attacks and related activity.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Clay regularly advises organizations on using existential psychology and behavioral science to improve their products, services, and workplace culture.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2026
  • When South Korea’s stock market plummeted last month by more than 40% from its June high, Yun said data suggested that many traders who were using leverage to try and multiply returns were wiped out.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.
    Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Verb
  • By manipulating network traffic, the attackers redirect guests to fake sign-in pages without first sending a phishing email or compromising the PC.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • What is your reaction to Drew being the one to rat you out about lying and manipulating Angela with your dead mother story?
    Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026

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“Pimping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pimping. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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