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PROSTITUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offering sexual intercourse for pay
Synonyms:
harlotry; prostitution; whoredom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("prostitution" is a kind of...):
vice crime (a vice that is illegal)
Derivation:
prostitute (sell one's body; exchange sex for money)