prostituting
Trading body commercially
Prostituting is engaging in sex for payment, or more broadly, putting something to an unworthy use for personal gain.
The reflexive form carries both meanings: a person who prostitutes herself either sells sexual services or debases herself for money or advantage.
The figurative sense often appears with abstract objects: prostituting one's talents, prostituting the democratic process.
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- streetwalkerOne who solicits outdoors
- solicitingActively seeking responses
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
pimp · john · client · transaction · red-light · escort · compensation · payment
Abandoning principles for gain
- compromisingExposing to harm or scandal
- degradingLowering in worth
- debasingLowering in quality
- cheapeningReducing in value
corrupting · betraying · exploiting · squandering · misusing · abandoning · sacrificing · tainting
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- cathouseSlang for brothel
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
- massage parlorCommercial therapeutic touch venue
brothel
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- streetwalkerOne who solicits outdoors
- solicitingActively seeking responses
trafficking · pimp · john · client · transaction · red-light · escort · compensation · payment · exchange
selling out
Abandoning principles for gain
- compromisingExposing to harm or scandal
- degradingLowering in worth
- debasingLowering in quality
cheapening · corrupting · betraying · exploiting · squandering · misusing · abandoning · sacrificing · tainting · dishonoring
brothel
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- cathouseSlang for brothel
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
massage parlor · street corner · escort agency · window · backroom
- misusingabusing, mishandling, misapplying, misappropriating, misallocating
prostitutinghonoring
Recognizing with respect
staying true · upholding · preserving · respecting · keeping faith
- forced prostitutionCoerced commercial sexual exploitation
- prostitution ringOrganized criminal sex trade
- street prostitutionOutdoor commercial sex trade
- house of prostitutionCommercial sex venue
- child prostitutionSexual exploitation of minors