prostitute

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  1. noun One who solicits and accepts payment for sex acts.
  2. noun One who sells one's abilities, talent, or name for an unworthy purpose.
  3. transitive verb To offer (oneself or another) for sexual hire.
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  • A girl whose mother had been a prostitute, and she was a prostitute, and a boy who'd been in and out of jail. —  Rick Smolan tells the story of a girl
  • The place was a general mess, the plumbing was always overflowing According to Joel things got progressively worse when Dever, whom he described as a prostitute and heavy drug user, became consumed by paranoia. —  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • But hey, it might help out with theft of services, but you know, if the prostitute is decriminalized and her customers are not … she's still probably not likely to go to the police if something bad happens … want to guess why? —  Renegade Evolution
  • You never hear the good things about taking cocaine ... the only story is that drugs are bad and they will kill you - you will become a prostitute, a rapist or a dealer. —  What Would Tyler Durden Do
  • In 1993, an Anchorage prostitute was attacked by two men and raped. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
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whore ·  hooker ·  thief ·  beggar ·  pimp ·  laborers ·  burglar ·  musician ·  brothel ·  gambler ·  robber ·  drunkard

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prostitute:   prostitutes
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin prōstitūta, from feminine past participle of prōstituere, to prostitute : prō-, in front; see pro-1 + statuere, to cause to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere (later Italian prostituire = Spanish Portuguese prostituir = French prostituer), place before or in front, expose publicly, from pro, forth, before, + statuere, cause to stand, set up: see statue, statute. Cf. constitute, institute, etc.
  2. I. a. from Latin prostitutus, exposed publicly, prostituted, past participle of prostituere, expose publicly: see prostitute, v. II. n. = Spanish Portuguese Italian prostituta, from Latin prostituta, a prostitute, feminine of prostitutus, exposed publicly: see I.
 

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