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prostitution

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pros·ti·tu·tion  (prst-tshn, -ty-)
n.
1. The act or practice of engaging in sex acts for hire.
2. The act or an instance of offering or devoting one's talent to an unworthy use or cause.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.prostitutionprostitution - offering sexual intercourse for pay
harlotry, whoredom
vice crime - a vice that is illegal
prostitution
noun harlotry, the game (slang), vice, the oldest profession, whoredom, streetwalking, harlot's trade, Mrs. Warren's profession She eventually drifted into prostitution.
Translations
prostitution [ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃən] N (lit, fig) → prostitución f
prostitution [ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃən] n → prostitution f
prostitution
n (lit, fig) → Prostitution f; (of one’s talents, honour, ideals) → Verkaufen nt
prostitution [ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃ/ən] n → prostituzione f
prostitution [ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃ/ən] n → prostituzione f


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He who sells my sister, for purposes of prostitution, stands forth as the pi- ous advocate of purity.
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Little did I suspect that the sacrifice of truth, which we both imagined to have been made to friendship, was in reality a prostitution of it to a depraved and debauched appetite.
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They swore in the jury, and then the lawyer for the prostitution got up and begun.
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