as in hooker
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
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
John Hudson Odom soared as Madame Millie, a prostitute who befriended Toni when the team bedded down a brothel because black people weren’t allowed to use hotels.
—Adrienne Gibbs, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
Operating out of three hotels, two in Mason and another in Blue Ash, Barron forced a female victim to prostitute herself by threatening her with physical force and at times beating her with phone cords and burning her with a methamphetamine pipe, the release states.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020
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Noun
After reviewing his social media activity, it was revealed Green had messaged several other Instagram users with proposals to work for him as prostitutes, according to prosecutors.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
John Hudson Odom soared as Madame Millie, a prostitute who befriended Toni when the team bedded down a brothel because black people weren’t allowed to use hotels.
—Adrienne Gibbs, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Verb
And that’s what got talked about and prostituted by the media, in the most derogatory manner.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
Operating out of three hotels, two in Mason and another in Blue Ash, Barron forced a female victim to prostitute herself by threatening her with physical force and at times beating her with phone cords and burning her with a methamphetamine pipe, the release states.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostitute
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These were strippers, hookers, actresses, and showgirls, all of them with knock-out bodies.Cher, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Those bank documents helped federal prosecutors bring a criminal case in California about unpaid taxes on cash Biden used to fund drugs and hookers.Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
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Instructed by Khamenei to go after Iran’s unscrupulous and less Islamist leaders, the organization’s younger corps naturally began attacking some of its oligarchs, accusing them of being corrupted by financial interests and of being too timid in their dealings with the West.Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
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When confronted further about the Big Lie that also finds a fertile home on social media platforms, Vance declined to respond to questions about the validity of Trump’s loss, instead saying Democrats were hypocrites in claiming Russian ads corrupted the results of 2016.Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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That brings enormous power, and the ability to abuse that power.Daniel Eagan, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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That post in question found Harper outright denying Richards’ lawsuit claims that Diddy subjected them to abuse.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The last two defendants in a Taylor public corruption scheme involving bribes, a crooked mayor and perverted housing deals were sentenced this week — only one of them is going behind bars for a while, while the other is not.Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
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If the first film took aim at how capitalism pits the 99 percent against itself, part two seems more focused on the ways that socialist principles can be perverted in implementation.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
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Berling is also accused of misusing the police department’s Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway to gather information for personal use around the same time.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2024
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No corporation, government or hacker could misuse your data or sell it without your explicit consent.Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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That doesn’t seem especially forbidden or debauched.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Instead, Mixtape Pluto is subterranean and nocturnal, hedonistic one minute and aching with regrets the next, debauched but wounded.Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
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And many of those deepfake deceptions already live among us, poisoning our digital pathways to connection.Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The anti-corruption campaigner began this book in 2020, while recovering in Berlin from being poisoned with Novichok on a domestic flight in Russia.The Week UK, theweek, 14 Nov. 2024
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Then, last year, the 49ers humiliated Dallas by the score of 42-10 at home.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Shaking down Bodhi, killing some bikers, jokingly humiliating his ex-girlfriend on the witness stand — less than ideal, but nothing you’re not supposed to be able to live with.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Prostitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostitute. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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