ill repute en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Bad reputation; notoriety.
He was held in ill repute, no one would trust him enough to do business with him.
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(euphemistic, uncountable) Prostitution and the sex industry.
His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border.
1997, Aileen Schumacher, Engineering for Murder, page 69:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ill-repute | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
house of ill repute · lady of ill repute · woman of ill repute
Translations (3)
ga droch-cháil (bad reputation) · sa अकीर्ति (bad reputation) · ru дурна́я сла́ва (bad reputation)