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prostitute

/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/

/ˈprɑːstɪtut/

prostitutenoun

prostitutes

/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/

/ˈprɑːstɪtut/

Translations

проститутка

The police arrested a prostitute last night.

Полиция арестовала проститутку прошлой ночью.

Additional translations

девушка по вызову

ночная бабочка

жрица любви

Definitions

A person who engages in sexual activity in exchange for payment.

The city has implemented programs to help individuals who want to leave life as a prostitute.

A person who compromises personal principles or artistic integrity for financial or other gain.

Critics accused him of being a literary prostitute after he accepted the lucrative sponsorship.

Synonyms

hooker

sex worker

working girl

streetwalker

escort

call girl

prostituteverb

prostituted

Past Simple

prostituted

Past Participle

prostituting

Gerund

/ˈprɒs.tɪ.tjuːt/

/ˈprɑːs.tɪ.tut/

Translations

заниматься проституцией

She had to prostitute herself to make ends meet.

Ей пришлось заниматься проституцией, чтобы сводить концы с концами.

Additional translations

продажничать

Definitions

To offer oneself or one's talents for unworthy purposes, especially for financial gain.

He felt he was prostituting his artistic talents by working on commercial projects he didn't believe in.

To engage in sexual activity for payment.

She decided to prostitute herself to make ends meet during difficult times.

Synonyms

solicit

engage in prostitution

offer oneself

prostituteadjective

more prostitute

Comp.

most prostitute

Super.

/ˈprɒs.tɪ.tjuːt/

/ˈprɑː.stə.tut/

Used mainly attributively to describe things connected with prostitution; rarely gradable.

Definitions

archaic: Debased or devoted to unworthy or mercenary purposes.

He decried the prostitute press for spreading propaganda.

Synonyms

prostitutepast participle

Definitions

Debased or employed for corrupt or unworthy ends; reduced to prostitution (often figuratively).

The politician's prostituted principles were evident in every speech.