as in sex worker
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
was caught procuring the services of a prostitute
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as in to corrupt
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money
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as in to abuse
to put to a bad or improper use
urged not to prostitute her musical talents by writing jingles for TV commercials
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Recent Examples of prostitute
Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
The deal was struck more than four years after Epstein agreed to enter a guilty plea to Florida state charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Ana Lankes, New York Times, 8 June 2024
Please in future say no when you are asked to prostitute yourself.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Noun
Khanna described his public naming of the six men as part of a broader push to scrutinize wealthy and powerful individuals who maintained relationships with Epstein after his 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
The deal was struck more than four years after Epstein agreed to enter a guilty plea to Florida state charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
Former members also said that the organization promoted prostitution, the depositions show, though none said they had been prostituted themselves.
—Ana Lankes, New York Times, 8 June 2024
Please in future say no when you are asked to prostitute yourself.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostitute
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Richard Pazdur, a longtime cancer drug regulator, retired from the CDER director post in December due to concerns that political officials were corrupting the agency’s scientific process.—
Lizzy Lawrence,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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Over time, these invisible strikes can corrupt data, damage components, and shorten a spacecraft’s life.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Now that Democrats have control and have adopted a similar playbook, Republicans accuse them of abusing their power.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Women who had experienced economic abuse from an intimate partner were significantly more likely to commit suicide than other abused women whose cases the report analysed.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hayley — who turns out to be a hooker who does secretarial admin on the side and not an executive assistant who occasionally threesomes — is extorting him for $750,000.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Well, yes, there were also hookers and tequila girls and whatever else was going on in those offices.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 2025
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Federal courts have emerged as our most reliable bulwark against the ceaseless efforts of Trump administration officials to pervert or ignore the law.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Constitution has been perverted in ways by administrations on both sides of the aisle to facilitate military action.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Environmental laws should protect our natural areas and not be misused to stop housing in our city cores.—
Matt Mahan,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Many are concerned that there is insufficient understanding of how to ensure it cannot be misused by bad actors or nudged to go rogue.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The 2026 State of the Union speech stands in contrast, a speech by a mendacious demagogue who has degraded his listeners by debauching their instincts.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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The dark comedy follows a wealthy socialite, Stacy (Cherry), and a struggling writer, Becky (Chalotra), who are brought together at a lavish, debauched New York party.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Robert Josh Grossman read through several pages of text messages between him and Kouri Richins, who is accused of poisoning her husband with a fatal dose of fentanyl.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
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Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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But no one here is out to humiliate anyone, which is nasty and unkind and not at all the sort of humor Lawrence trades in.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Walz and Ellison were humiliated and could not account for their blundering.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Prostitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostitute. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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