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Recent Examples of prostitute
Noun
After reviewing his social media activity, it was revealed Green had messaged several other Instagram users with proposals to work for him as prostitutes, according to prosecutors. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023 John Hudson Odom soared as Madame Millie, a prostitute who befriended Toni when the team bedded down a brothel because black people weren’t allowed to use hotels. Adrienne Gibbs, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Verb
And that’s what got talked about and prostituted by the media, in the most derogatory manner. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023 Operating out of three hotels, two in Mason and another in Blue Ash, Barron forced a female victim to prostitute herself by threatening her with physical force and at times beating her with phone cords and burning her with a methamphetamine pipe, the release states. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020 See All Example Sentences for prostitute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostitute
Noun
  • Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Stuart Miller, Boynton Beach Seven memorable words Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The show followed an ensemble of one-percenters at the titular resort in Hawaii, observing how their privilege blinds them to reality and corrupts everyone around them, leading to conflicts, cruelty, and, eventually, violence.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Donald Trump is abusing the levers of government to launch an attack against New York Attorney General Tish James on what seem to be pretty flimsy claims of fraud.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The ways in which these attackers have abused Google’s email system clearly needs to be patched.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The only conspiracy is what Bove and Bondi are engaged in, perverting a prosecution for their political gain.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Andrew faces charges of obstructing a coroner in the execution of his or her duty, as well as doing an act tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In evaluating the draft class, that’s not because the Cowboys have been misusing their time in the initial offseason under first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Identity theft protection services offer continuous monitoring of your credit reports, Social Security number and even the dark web to detect if your information is being misused.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The atmosphere, at once debauched and sombre, felt like a wake, one attendee said.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But as commercialization took hold, the event metastasized into a pit of hard drugs, drunkenness, and debauch a world apart from its bohemian origins.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Scores of sea lions and dolphins have been fatally poisoned in recent months by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Morgan was previously married to Keith Whitley from 1986 to his alcohol poisoning death in 1989 at age 34.
    Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • There was a period when Broadway creators thought the only way to get a performance was to humiliate a person.
    Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • An investigation of at least eight fraternities found that members humiliated students through means like beating them with paddles or forcing potential recruits to eat live fish and drink urine, according to court filings.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Prostitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostitute. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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