EGAVE

prostitution

About 4.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. noun Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for goods (not necessarily money) or services.
  3. noun 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.

Similar words

harlotry whoredom prostitute hooker pimping brothel sex porn pornography exploitation

Often followed by

and in is of was as or to are

Word family

prostitutions

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