prostituting

verb

present participle of prostitute
1
as in corrupting
to lower in character, dignity, or quality a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money

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2
as in abusing
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 prostituting Driscoll said that Combs did not make any money from prostituting women and so he could not be classed as a pimp and should face a lesser sentence under the Act. — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostituting
  1. corrupting
  2. abusing
  3. degrading
  4. misusing
  5. debauching
  6. subverting
  7. debasing
  8. perverting
Verb
  • Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • An early discussion about social contracts comes down to us in Plato’s dialogue Crito in which Socrates, condemned to death for allegedly corrupting the youth, refused an offer to escape from prison.
    — George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupting
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  • Four people represented by the ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit in May accusing the task force of abusing the law to block them from documenting officers’ actions, sometimes ordering them to stay more than 100 feet away from arrest scenes.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • Two Miami-Dade church camp counselors were arrested Wednesday for allegedly abusing a 9-year-old boy by placing large orange cones over his head and repeatedly hitting him, according to the sheriff’s office.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of abusing
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  • Overtourism can be highly problematic for cities, threatening to drive housing crises via short-term rentals, straining infrastructure to the breaking point and degrading local culture.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The material can power reactions such as oxidizing organic molecules, potentially degrading pollutants, sterilizing surfaces, or enabling photocatalytic chemistry to continue later in the dark.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
Definition of degrading
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  • This comes six months after a jury found Rinsch guilty of misusing funds in connection with the production of an unfinished Netflix series.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • But he was ejected from the company in 1973 for allegedly misusing corporate funds, and pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026
Definition of misusing
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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
Definition of debauching
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  • These movies are about shocking and surprising the audience by setting up an expectation and then subverting that expectation.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • Director Wes Craven executes a masterclass in tension, shock, and subverting expectations.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Definition of subverting
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  • Most of us would deny that any socially useful work can be or should be debasing.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Blanche is debasing himself and the law in this shameful pursuit.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of debasing
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  • The trial collapsed after the journalist was found to have tampered with evidence (he was later convicted of perverting the course of justice).
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • He was also found guilty of perverting the court of justice.
    — StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of perverting

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