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   pros·ti·tute

   /ˈprästəˌto͞ot/

   noun

   • 1. a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
   • ▪ a person who misuses their talents or who sacrifices their self-respect for the sake of personal or financial gain: "careerist political prostitutes"

   verb

   • 1. offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment: "although she was paid $15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself"
   • ▪ put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use or purpose for the sake of personal or financial gain: "his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a verb): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale’, from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before’ + statuere ‘set up, place’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prostitutor noun

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