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Webster 1913 Edition
Prostitution
Prosˊti-tu′tion
,Noun.
[L.
prostitutio
: cf. F. prostitution
.] 1.
The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
2.
The act of setting one’s self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power;
“Mental prostitution.” as, the
prostitution
of abilities; the prostitution
of the press. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prostitution
PROSTITU'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act or practice of offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a female.2.
The act of setting one's self to sale, or offering one's self to infamous employments; as the prostitution of talents or abilities.Definition 2024
Prostitution
Prostitution
See also: prostitution
German
Noun
Prostitution f (genitive Prostitution, no plural)
Synonyms
- (euphemisms) Gunstgewerbe, das älteste Gewerbe der Welt
prostitution
prostitution
See also: Prostitution
English
Noun
prostitution (usually uncountable, plural prostitutions)
- Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
- 2013 July 29, David Ingram (reporting for Reuters), Howard Goller & Bill Trott (editing for Reuters), “FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep”, in news.yahoo.com, retrieved 2013-07-29:
- The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution, leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
- Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.
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- (by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.
- The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.
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Related terms
Translations
having sex for profit
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