prostitute

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/ or /ˈprɒstɪtʃuːt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈprɑːstətuːt/

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• Hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tute

Noun

Singular prostitute

Plural prostitutes

1. (countable) A prostitute is someone who has sex with people for money.
   • Synonyms: whore, hooker and call girl

Related words

• prostitution
• slut
• pimp
• madam
• escort
• pornography

Verb

Plain form prostitute

Third-person singular prostitutes

Past tense prostituted

Past participle prostituted

Present participle prostituting

1. If you prostitute (yourself), you take money to have sex with people.

   I'm not desperate enough to prostitute myself yet.

2. If you prostitute another person, you force them to have sex with other people for money.

   He was arrested for prostituting his own daughter.