as in hookers
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
was caught procuring the services of a prostitute
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as in perverts
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money
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as in abuses
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 prostitutes
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Andrew had 40 prostitutes brought in the space of four days.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Nov. 2025
Stretching from the open spaces east of Aurora to the foothills of Golden, Colfax has hosted presidents and addicts, celebrities and prostitutes — occasionally in the same venues — at its hotels, bars, restaurants, clubs, theaters, retail shops and residences, Barber said.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Police and the media classified Gacy’s victims as male prostitutes and homosexuals, using that as an excuse to marginalize and blame them.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors have insisted, however, that Diddy wasn’t paying prostitutes just to make blue movies in their own court filings.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
They were infames lumped in with gladiators and prostitutes at the very bottom of the social ladder.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The only things shaky about Relish are the junkies, prostitutes, suicidal depressives, and sinners who populate Osborne's songs.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Serial killer Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard was convicted in 2007 for killing six women in Kansas City but is believed to have raped and strangled two girls and 11 women, most of whom had worked as prostitutes, from 1977 to 1993.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
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Epstein’s young victims were also threatened and followed; they were grilled by his lawyers and disbelieved by prosecutors, who at times treated them like prostitutes, instead of victims.
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Well, yes, there were also hookers and tequila girls and whatever else was going on in those offices.—
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In the film, Victor emotionally abuses the Creature.—
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Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable.—
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Instead of a warning event, Expeditions imagines the historical fall that corrupts the Earth.—
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Rather than simply attacking YoungBoy, Choppa frames himself as a corrective force, casting YoungBoy as someone who corrupts impressionable listeners.—
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But that study measured the shoes after 280 miles, leaving it unclear how much the foam degrades in 50 or 100 miles.—
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As the biofilm degrades, sludge settles in a secondary clarifier.—
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To show him who’s boss, Catherine turns around and buys Pac-North, humiliates him by closing it, and forces him back to Grey Sloan.—
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There’s always a moment in which somebody humiliates the villain and now all the love in him is gone.—
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When those conditions are absent, performance deteriorates quickly.—
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The Kyiv Post reported Thursday that Ukrainian military officials say Russian units left inside the city are cut off from reliable supply lines and are increasingly surrendering as their position deteriorates.—
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The film may initially present Man-su as a sympathetic family man trying to make ends meet, but Lee quickly subverts those sentiments once Man-su’s methodical process betrays no sense of remorse.—
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Their work—black-and-white portraits, still-lifes, and advertising shots, some now on view at Robert Mann gallery—subverts an education in Bauhaus severity with playful, quirky Surrealism.—
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“Prostitutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostitutes. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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