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

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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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How to use prostitution in a sentence?

1. Betsy Alfaro:

   Prostitution is seen as part of everyday life in Mexico. In many cases we have seen that the police in this area are working alongside the pimps, all we can hope at the moment is to improve the lives of those we come into contact with.

2. Polly Adler:

   What it comes down to is this: the grocer, the butcher, the baker, the merchant, the landlord, the druggist, the liquor dealer, the policeman, the doctor, the city father and the politician—these are the people who make money out of prostitution.

3. Steven Sumlin:

   That was the hook, that's what would get the females to contact him, he would make all sorts of promises to these women and before you know it, they were caught up in a prostitution ring.

4. Emilie Martin:

   It used to be that our referrals were predominantly for female exploitation and forced prostitution, but with awareness training people are starting to notice different kinds of exploitation and police are realizing labor exploitation is very much on the increase.

5. Aaron Fischer:

   When you actually crack a prostitution ring or crackdown on junkets, that's always going to create a lot of headlines. Short term, it might be painful to see these unsavory things.