PROSTITUTE


Meaning of PROSTITUTE in English

I. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

In the evenings the prostitutes would like the streets, calling out to passing men.

Male prostitutes lined the street looking for customers.

She didn't look like a prostitute . She wasn't even wearing any make-up.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Female prostitutes also can infect their unborn babies.

Twelve percent of women's Oscars have gone to actresses playing prostitutes, with or without hearts of gold.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Friends from the theater criticized him for prostituting his talent in movies.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But health policy is often prostituted to the demands of industry and commerce.

He does not prostitute his talents.

They'd imagine me prostituting myself, or on the hard stuff.

Yes, I have prostituted myself for the sake of art.

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