What does prostitution mean?
Prostitution means Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay..
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/ˌprɒstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃn/ · noun
Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay..
His addiction brought him to the point that prostitution was the only means he had to survive.
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.
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.
The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.
Use prostitution when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prostitution means Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay..
Common synonyms include harlotry, oldest occupation, oldest profession, whoredom.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
His addiction brought him to the point that prostitution was the only means he had to survive.
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