Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or practice of engaging in sex acts for hire.
- n. The act or an instance of offering or devoting one's talent to an unworthy use or cause.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or practice of prostituting, or offering the body to indiscriminate sexual intercourse for hire.
- n. The act of offering or devoting to a base or infamous use: as, the prostitution of talents or abilities.
Wiktionary
- n. Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
- n. by extension Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
- n. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power
WordNet 3.0
- n. offering sexual intercourse for pay
Examples
“If prostitution is a form of rape, as radical feminists have asserted, then how can anybody in prostitution have a wonderful experience with it?”
Thoughts on rescues, rescuers and realities « Bound, Not Gagged
“A rather typical story about the “rise” of prostitution (this time, in Hawaii) quotes without comment the following two statistics: Here are a few more statistics on prostitution from the FBI: The FBI states the average age of entry into prostitution is 14-years-old.”
“The term prostitution itself is controversial -- most groups working with persons who sell or trade sex for money use the terms "sex work" and "sex worker," rather than”
Jodi Jacobson: DOJ Drops Appeal of Injunction Against "Prostitution Pledge"
“If you find the term prostitution too upsetting of a term to see used for something nice guys and their decent, upstanding wives do, perhaps you would prefer “transactional sex?””
“They brought the punishment of stoning to death for what they called prostitution adultery.”
“Marie, as we have seen, was only seventeen, unformed and wild, full of youthful passion and social despair, on the verge of what we call prostitution; reckless, hopeless, with a deep touch of sullenness and hatred.”
“JEFFERSON COUNTY - KFDM News has obtained documents and information from investigators who are probing what they call a prostitution operation in which they say a man employed two women who targeted workers and set up meetings at Jefferson County motels and other locations.”
“Although it is conventional to refer to 'the world's oldest profession,' the term prostitution has never described a clearly defined activity and was constructed by particular social actors at a specific time for specific reasons. [i] Within feminism, the phenomenon called prostitution is the centre of an intransigent debate about its meanings, one aspect of the conflict revolving around what words should be used to describe women who offer sexual services for sale: prostitute, sex worker, prostituted woman, victim of sexual exploitation.”
“This kind of prostitution is legal and no less lucrative than the standard, unlawful variety ....”
“Remeber Jessica Cutler, who got fucked up the ass for money, what we call prostitution, or less kindly, being a whore?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘prostitution’.
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JURI - crimes and offences
Don't commit any of these if you can
firearms trafficking, serious and organ..., trafficking in hu..., illegal shipment ..., cybercrime, money laundering, sale of counterfe..., sale of dangerous..., smuggling, infraction, corruption, organised crime and 153 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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In Buying and Selling We Lay Waste Ou...
bezesteen, agora, bourse, bazaar, flea market, rummage sale, souk, auction, escrow, caveat emptor, opium trade, black market and 3 more...
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dienekes's Words
chutzpah, lexicon, intrepid, pedagogical, schlemiel, schism, erudite, anathema, pugilist, jaunty, paradigm, automaton and 949 more...
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the physical experience
wank, snog, tendon, sinew, sauce shelf, pet, arse, astigmatism, bisexual, brassiere, breast, climax and 186 more...
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That's Amore
Words about looooove (and the things that masquerade as love)!
love, desire, infatuation, affection, romance, amor, agape, eros, philia, partnership, companionship, lust and 13 more...
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