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sex work

noun

Definition of sex work

as in prostitution

the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money The city moved to decriminalize sex work.

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One of the albums in the pair’s collection is filled with photographs (of extraordinary, poignant provenance) from the nineteen-forties and fifties of women who, as children, had been abducted and forced into prostitution.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Alix Earle’s stepmother opened up about the choices that once made her tabloid fodder, including her connection to the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal and her affair with the influencer’s married father.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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