prostitute

🇺🇸 /ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-C1
noun
R

A person who has sex for money.

The police arrested a prostitute for illegal activity.

verb
R

To use your skills or abilities for money in a way that others do not respect.

He felt he was prostituting his art by making commercial ads.

R

To work as a prostitute.

She decided to prostitute herself to survive.

translation

n. A person who has sex for money.
v. To use your skills or abilities for money in a way that others do not respect.; To work as a prostitute.

Word Forms

Plural prostitutes
Progressive prostituting
Past prostituted
Perfect prostituted
3rd Present prostitutes