prostitution
/ˌprɒstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for goods (not necessarily money) or services.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "His addiction brought him to the point that prostitution was the only means he had to survive."
- "Sir Howard by his arts stole from them this their only treasure, and to conceal from them the baseness of his despicable seduction, removed to a distance the deluded couple,—loaded them with his favours,—the wages of their child's prostitution."
- "The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution, leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips."
- "The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: prostitutio
- Suffix: prostitute