Prostitution

Noun

 * 1) Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
 * Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.
 * 1)  Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.
 * The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.

Synonyms

 * oldest profession, world's oldest profession

Related terms

 * prostitute
 * child prostitution

Verbs for Prostitution
attack—; censor—; drift into—; eradicate—; extirpate—; lapse into—; suffer—; suppress—; wipe out—; —contaminates; —corrupts; —debauches; —defiles; —degrades—; depraves; —discolors; —embitters; —impairs; —mangles; —pollutes; —vitiates;— warps.

Thesaurus
Cosa Nostra, Mafia, abuse, abuse of office, adulteration, befouling, befoulment, black market, bootlegging, contamination, conversion, corrupt administration, corruption, debasement, defalcation, defilement, degradation, desecration, devaluation, diversion, embezzlement, envenoming, festering, fouling, gambling, gray market, harlotry, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, infection, loan-sharking, lowering, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, moonshining, narcotics traffic, organized crime, pandering, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pimping, poisoning, pollution, poor stewardship, profanation, protection racket, racket, shady dealings, solicitation, soliciting, streetwalking, suppuration, the rackets, the syndicate, traffic in women, usury, vice, violation, vitiation, white slavery, whoredom, whoremastery, whoremonging

Translations

 * Albanian: prostitucion
 * Arabic: دعارة
 * Azeri: fahişəlik
 * Basque: prostituzio
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: prostitució
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 賣春, 卖春
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 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: ahasiwɔwɔ
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 * Greek:
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 淫売,, 買春, 切り売り主義
 * Korean: 성매매
 * Macedonian:, курварлак
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 * Scottish Gaelic: strìopachas, siùrsachd
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 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: (nc 14), ukahaba
 * Telugu: వ్యభిచారం (vyabhichaaram)
 * Thai: (gaan káa bpràwaynee)
 * Turkish: