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- Dictionaryprostitute/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/
noun
- 1. a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
verb
- 1. offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment: "although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself"
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Canon law defined a prostitute as "a promiscuous woman, regardless of financial elements." [65] The prostitute was considered a "whore … who [was] available for the lust of many men," and was most closely associated with promiscuity. [66]
"Of course I feel unsafe," said Smart Suites resident Jenny Wu, after The Sunday Times told her that a prostitute told the newspaper that she was working in the condominium at the junction of...
The image of a prostitute’s life being utterly miserable is not quite the case. In addition to the power brought by the money, they also often have fun with one another. There are very close bonds among sex workers.
Prostitute definition: a person who engages in sexual intercourse or other sex acts for money; sex worker. . See examples of PROSTITUTE used in a sentence.
If someone prostitutes another person, or they prostitute themselves, they have sex or are made to have sex in exchange for money. ...a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food. [ VERB pronoun-reflexive ]
Even if you don’t speak Mandarin, Chinese will still notice when you come home with a prostitute and they will talk about it. An American woman who had lived in Beijing for twenty years with her husband, one day found out that he had five girlfriends spread across China, several children, and at least a Chinese wife.
Efforts to reform legislation that was clearly ineffective began in the 1990s. Prior to the 2005 Act, soliciting by a prostitute, living on the earnings of a prostitute, keeping a disorderly house and letting a house to a tenant to use as a disorderly house were criminal offences.
