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prostitute

/ˈpɹɒstɪtjuːt/

noun

Meaning

  • Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.

  • A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.

Synonyms

whore,
sellout,
sex worker

verb

Meaning

  • To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.

  • To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.

Synonyms

pimp,
sell one's body,
turn tricks,
sell out

adjective

Meaning

  • Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.

  • Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.

  • Exposed, subjected (to something shameful).