prostitute

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I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ In the evenings the prostitutes would like the streets, calling out to passing men.
▪ Male prostitutes lined the street looking for customers.
▪ She didn't look like a prostitute. She wasn't even wearing any make-up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Female prostitutes also can infect their unborn babies.
▪ Twelve percent of women's Oscars have gone to actresses playing prostitutes, with or without hearts of gold.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Friends from the theater criticized him for prostituting his talent in movies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But health policy is often prostituted to the demands of industry and commerce.
▪ He does not prostitute his talents.
▪ They'd imagine me prostituting myself, or on the hard stuff.
▪ Yes, I have prostituted myself for the sake of art.

prostitute

I. pros‧ti‧tute¹ /ˈprɒstətjuːt, ˈprɒstɪtjuːt $ ˈprɑːstətuːt/ noun [COUNTABLE]
someone, especially a woman, who earns money by having sex with people

II. prostitute² verb
[date : 1500-1600; Language : Latin; Origin : past participle of prostituere 'to show publicly, offer for sale']
1. [TRANSITIVE]
if someone prostitutes a skill, ability, important principle etc, they use it in a way that does not show its true value, usually to earn money:
　 ▪ Friends from the theater criticized him for prostituting his talent in the movies.

2. prostitute yourself
to work as a prostitute