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prostitution 音标拼音: [pr ,ɑstət'uʃən] n. 卖淫;堕落 卖淫;堕落 prostitution n 1: offering sexual intercourse for pay [ synonym: { prostitution}, { harlotry}, { whoredom}] Prostitution \ Pros` ti* tu" tion\, n. [ L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.] 1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The act of setting one' s self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one' s power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press. " Mental prostitution." -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] 77 Moby Thesaurus words for " prostitution": Cosa Nostra, Mafia, abuse, abuse of office, adulteration, befouling, befoulment, black market, bootlegging, contamination, conversion, corrupt administration, corruption, debasement, defalcation, defilement, degradation, desecration, devaluation, diversion, embezzlement, envenoming, festering, fouling, gambling, gray market, harlotry, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, infection, loan- sharking, lowering, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, moonshining, narcotics traffic, organized crime, pandering, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pimping, poisoning, pollution, poor stewardship, profanation, protection racket, racket, shady dealings, solicitation, soliciting, streetwalking, suppuration, the rackets, the syndicate, traffic in women, usury, vice, violation, vitiation, white slavery, whoredom, whoremastery, whoremonging
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