prostitution en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /prɒstɪˈtjuːʃn/
- /ˌprɒstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃn/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Late Latin prostitutio. Equivalent to prostitute + -ion.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
Sir Howard by his arts stole from them this their only treasure, and to conceal from them the baseness of his despicable seduction, removed to a distance the deluded couple,—loaded them with his favours,—the wages of their child's prostitution.
1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter II, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 21:The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution, leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
2013 July 29, David Ingram (reporting for Reuters), Howard Goller, Bill Trott (editing for Reuters), “FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep”, in news.yahoo.com, retrieved 29 Jul 2013:His addiction brought him to the point that prostitution was the only means he had to survive.
- (broadly, uncountable, usually) Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for goods (not necessarily money) or services.
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(broadly, uncountable, usually) Debasement for profit or impure motives.
The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prostitutions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
presstitution · prostitutional · temple prostitution · cyberprostitution · child prostitution · antiprostitution · prostitute's pupil
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
world's oldest profession · oldest occupation · oldest profession · whoredom · harlotry
Translations (82)
gd strìopachas (having sex for profit) · hy մարմնավաճառություն (having sex for profit) · id prostitusi (having sex for profit) · la prostitutio (having sex for profit) · pt prostituição (having sex for profit) · be прастыту́цыя (having sex for profit) · gl prostitución (having sex for profit) · nn prostitusjon (having sex for profit) · ar دَعَارَة (having sex for profit) · fa تنفروشی (having sex for profit) · ka როსკიპობა (having sex for profit) · eu prostituzio (having sex for profit) · az fahişəlik (having sex for profit) · he זנות (having sex for profit) · sl prostitúcija (having sex for profit) · fo skøkjulevnaður (having sex for profit) · hy պոռնկություն (having sex for profit) · et prostitutsioon (having sex for profit) · cmn 賣淫 /卖淫 (having sex for profit) · mi kairautanga (having sex for profit) · ur دَھنْدا (having sex for profit) · izh nussutöö (having sex for profit) · sh prostitúcija (having sex for profit) · sq prostitucion (having sex for profit) · da prostitution (having sex for profit) · cs prostituce (having sex for profit) · eo prostituado (having sex for profit) · uk проститу́ція (having sex for profit) · eo prostituo (having sex for profit) · ca prostitució (having sex for profit) · ko 매춘 (having sex for profit) · sw umalaya (having sex for profit) · gd siùrsachd (having sex for profit) · ur کَسَب (having sex for profit) · sk prostitúcia (having sex for profit) · ur فاحِشْگی (having sex for profit) · ur قَحبَہ گِرِی (having sex for profit) · ur جِسْم فَروشی (having sex for profit) · nl prostitutie (having sex for profit) · sv prostitution (having sex for profit) · hu prostitúció (having sex for profit) · oc prostitucion (having sex for profit) · pms prostitussion (having sex for profit) · sw ukahaba (having sex for profit) · ur چِھنالا (having sex for profit) · ru проститу́ция (having sex for profit) · ko 성매매 (having sex for profit) · tr fahişelik (having sex for profit) · mk проститу́ција (having sex for profit) · ar بِغَاءٌ (having sex for profit) · ja 淫売 (having sex for profit) · ka პროსტიტუცია (having sex for profit) · grc πορνεία (having sex for profit) · af prostitusie (having sex for profit) · ml വേശ്യാവൃത്തി (having sex for profit) · fr prostitution (having sex for profit) · ka მეძაობა (having sex for profit) · hi वेश्यावृत्ति (having sex for profit) · ja 買春 (having sex for profit) · it prostituzione (having sex for profit) · pdt Huararie (having sex for profit) · sh проститу́ција (having sex for profit) · de Prostitution (having sex for profit) · pl prostytucja (having sex for profit) · mk ку́рварлак (having sex for profit) · es prostitución (having sex for profit) · nb prostitusjon (having sex for profit) · ur پیشَہ (having sex for profit) · cmn 賣春 /卖春 (having sex for profit) · el πορνεία (having sex for profit) · bg проститу́ция (having sex for profit) · ky жалаптык (having sex for profit) · xal яңхллт (having sex for profit) · te వ్యభిచారం (having sex for profit) · ja 切り売り主義 (having sex for profit) · ee ahasiwɔwɔ (having sex for profit) · th การค้าประเวณี (having sex for profit) · vi sự mại dâm (having sex for profit) · fa روسپیگری (having sex for profit) · fi prostituutio (having sex for profit) · ja 売春 (having sex for profit) · ro prostituție (having sex for profit)