someone who has sex with people for money► prostitute 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.
1 taboo an offensive word for a woman who has many sexual partners. Do not use this word.2a female prostitute