prostitutionpros‧ti‧tu‧tion /ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃən $ ˌprɑːstəˈtuːʃən/ noun [uncountable] 
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Thesaurus- Criminal gangs control all the drugs, gambling and prostitution in the city.
- Most of these girls give up prostitution when they're about 30 and settle down and marry.
- Women can become so desperate for money that they turn to prostitution.
- It was a deliberate lie on the part of regulationists to accuse repealers of having no desire to rescue women from prostitution.
- Naively, Smith asked how many had turned to prostitution for lack of money?
- The girls seemed to be destined for prostitution.
- The House approved the creation of a special panel to find ways to tackle child prostitution and forced adult prostitution.
- There can be no doubt of the symbolic importance of prostitution to the Victorians.
- To the Romans prostitution was a trade.
- Two of them, mantua-making and millinery, he explicitly linked with prostitution.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who has sex with people for money► prostitute
Collocations someone, usually a woman, who has sex with people for money: · She didn't look like a prostitute. She wasn't even wearing any make-up.· In the evenings the prostitutes would line the streets, calling out to passing men.male prostitute: · Male prostitutes lined the street looking for customers.
► hooker American informal a woman who has sex with men for money: · Change those clothes -- you look like a hooker.· Some of the hookers in Vegas are under 13 years old.
► call-girl a woman who has sex with men for money and arranges to meet them by telephone: · She was earning $5000 a night working as a high-class call-girl.
► rent boy British a boy or young man who has sex with other men in return for money: · There were rent boys as young as twelve or thirteen waiting outside the bars.
► prostitution the activity or business of having sex with people for money: · Criminal gangs control all the drugs, gambling and prostitution in the city.· Most of these girls give up prostitution when they're about 30 and settle down and marry.turn to prostitution (=become a prostitute): · Women can become so desperate for money that they turn to prostitution.
► whore an offensive word for a woman who has sex with people for money - use this when you want to show that you strongly disapprove of someone who does this: · We're dealing with a professional escort, not some dumb whore.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► child
the work of prostitutes· Ministers have recently addressed the issues of child prostitution and trafficking.· They focused popular discontent over the double-standard and the complicity of aristocratic men in child prostitution.· The road will bring inevitable problems such as child prostitution.· Interest in runaways, street children and child prostitution has heightened during the 1980s.· The House approved the creation of a special panel to find ways to tackle child prostitution and forced adult prostitution.
VERB► involve· Yorris's youth organisation is involved in gambling, prostitution and protection rackets.· The Bennis case was the first civil forfeiture case on record involving prostitution in Wayne County, where Detroit is located.· Once involved in prostitution, they often find it hard to give up.· San Francisco police have said they suspect some Hip Sing members were involved in gambling and prostitution.· I would like to hear from women who are now or who have been involved in prostitution.· Parents allow children to be involved in prostitution because they bring in money.