pimp
Exploits street workers
A pimp is a man who manages prostitutes and takes a share of their earnings.
The term carries connotations of exploitation, flashy dress, and street-level crime.
To pimp is to act as a pimp, or more broadly, to promote aggressively: He's always pimping his new book.
To pimp out something is to customize it showily: pimp out a car with chrome rims.
The adjective pimp means stylish or impressive in slang: That jacket is pimp.
Illegal transport for profit
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- panderingAppealing to lowest impulses
- viceBad habit or deputy
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
felony · indictment · arraignment · conviction · sentencing · solicitation · procurement · coercion
Confident, boastful manner
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- blingShowy expensive jewelry
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
flamboyant · gaudy · velvet · pinstripe · fedora · cane · suits · diamonds
Contemptible, unethical person
- scumbagContemptible, dishonest person
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- lowlifeDisreputable, despicable person
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
predator · lecher · parasite · sleaze · exploiter · hustler · operator · shark
Raise to higher standard
- customizeAlter to fit preferences
- modifyChange partially
- enhanceIncrease in quality
- deck outAdorn or dress fancily
trick out · makeover · overhaul · embellish · soup up · bedazzle · spruce up · jazz up
Illegal transport for profit
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- controlAuthority to direct
victimization · degradation · oppression · profiteering · commodification · predation · grooming · vulnerability
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- panderingAppealing to lowest impulses
- viceBad habit or deputy
racketeering · felony · indictment · arraignment · conviction · sentencing · solicitation · procurement · coercion · accomplice
swagger
Confident, boastful manner
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- blingShowy expensive jewelry
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
extravagant · flamboyant · gaudy · velvet · pinstripe · fedora · cane · suits · diamonds · luxury
sleazeball
Contemptible, unethical person
- scumbagContemptible, dishonest person
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- lowlifeDisreputable, despicable person
degenerate · predator · lecher · parasite · sleaze · exploiter · hustler · operator · shark
upgrade
Raise to higher standard
deck out · trick out · makeover · overhaul · embellish · soup up · bedazzle · spruce up · jazz up
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
control · victimization · degradation · oppression · profiteering · commodification · predation · grooming · vulnerability · power
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
- sex tradeprostitution, sex work, sex worker, brothel, escort
- abusersabuser, batterer, beater, brutalizer, bully
- corruptorscorruptor, briber, manipulator, deceiver, tempter
- hustlershustler, hustlers, street hustler, con artist, grifter
pimpprostitute
One who sells sex
sex worker · hooker · escort · streetwalker · call girl
pimprescuer
One who saves others
advocate · social worker · protector · abolitionist · victim advocate
- pimp outCustomize flamboyantly
- pimped outLavishly and showily modified
- pimped upMade flashily extravagant
- pimping outAdding flashy customizations
- pimp slapDemeaning open-handed blow
- pimp upEmbellish showily