as in vice
the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money
prostitution is illegal in most states
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Recent Examples of prostitution
Combs was found guilty on prostitution charges and is set for release from Fort Dix FCI on April 25, 2028.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Six men from Connecticut and one man from New York were arrested during an operation targeting individuals allegedly soliciting prostitution in Fairfield.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
He was ordered to spend 50 months in prison after a jury convicted him in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years apiece.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
The Bad Boy Records founder was sentenced in October to 50 months behind bars after he was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Six men from Connecticut and one man from New York were arrested during an operation targeting individuals allegedly soliciting prostitution in Fairfield.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
He was ordered to spend 50 months in prison after a jury convicted him in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years apiece.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
The Bad Boy Records founder was sentenced in October to 50 months behind bars after he was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostitution
harlotry
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In one case, the life of an upper-class woman and contemporary of Julius Caesar, Clodia, saw her reputation destroyed by false claims of harlotry, home-wrecking, and husband-killing.—
Time,
Time,
24 Nov. 2025
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Within the slippery world of harlotry—where class can be transcended and humanity bought—relationships form that defy our historical assumptions about the bounded categories of human experience.—
Sarah Marshall,
New Republic,
2 June 2017
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“Prostitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostitution. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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