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Synonyms for prostitution
ˌprɒs tɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu-pros·ti·tu·tion

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  1. prostitutionnoun

    Synonyms:
    oldest profession, worlds oldest profession

  2. prostitutionnoun

    Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.

    Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.

    Synonyms:
    oldest profession, worlds oldest profession

  3. prostitutionnoun

    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.

    Synonyms:
    worlds oldest profession, oldest profession

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  1. prostitution, harlotry, whoredomnoun

    offering sexual intercourse for pay

    Synonyms:
    whoredom, harlotry

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prostitutionnoun

    Synonyms:
    misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation

  2. prostitutionnoun

    Synonyms:
    unlawful sexual intercourse (on the part of a woman, for hire), harlotry

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  1. prostitutionnoun

    Synonyms:
    harlotry, social evil, whoredom, perversion, misuse, profanation

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  1. List of paraphrases for "prostitution":

    prostitute, vice, prostitutes

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  1. Mike Preston:

    The investigation has not produced any evidence that one person or persons are responsible, heroin addiction and prostitution to support the addiction has come up in the investigation.

  2. Isaias Medina:

    Food prices have increased by 650 percent, only four million people of the 31.5 million Venezuelans eat twice a day, and 68 percent of families have resorted to survival strategies such as salvaging, foraging and prostitution to acquire food. ambassador Haley sent a strong message of hope assuring that justice will return sooner than later to Venezuela, and that the (Security) Council should remain vigilant of the Venezuelan situation, due to the clear threat to peace and security in the region that it represents.

  3. Charlie Sheen:

    Charlie Sheen said Charlie Sheen found out Charlie Sheen was HIV positive about four years ago. Charlie Sheen symptoms began with crushing headaches. I thought I had a brain tumor, Charlie Sheen recalled. I thought it was over. The star said Charlie Sheen was coming forward with the truth because of the rumors in the press surrounding Charlie Sheen health. I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me, that threaten the health of so many others that couldn't be further from the truth. Charlie Sheen said the most hurtful rumor Charlie Sheen read claimed Charlie Sheen intentionally transmitted the disease to Charlie Sheen partners. That’s as far from the truth as anything can be, Charlie Sheen said. Drug and alcohol use have marred Sheen's personal and professional life in recent years. Charlie Sheen was kicked off CBS' Two and a Half Men in 2011 after an explosive meltdown that included calling the show's producer a contaminated little maggot. Charlie Sheen escapades have also included the revelation that Charlie Sheen spent more than $ 50,000 as a client of Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss' prostitution ring. You can only hear ‘ winning ’ in the streets so many times, i am approaching a time of more of a philanthropic culture in my life.

  4. Robert Kraft:

    Usually the prostitute gets arrested or the person who's running the brothel, so this is an unusual approach, to round up the' johns.' You see it happening periodically in jurisdictions where there's a major prostitution problem and he just got caught in the net.

  5. Belinda Biafore:

    Senator Mike Maroney believed that Senator Mike Maroney was above the law and today Senator Mike Maroney's been charged with soliciting prostitution, we're calling for the removal of Senator Mike Maroney from the West Virginia State Senate, and we're looking to Governor Jim Justice and West Virginia State Senate President Mitch Carmichael to take the appropriate actions moving forward to make this happen.


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