prostitution

Sex for payment

Prostitution is the practice of engaging in sexual acts for payment.

The term covers both the transaction itself and the broader industry or phenomenon: Prostitution is legal in some countries, She turned to prostitution to survive.

Figuratively, prostitution describes selling out one's talents or principles for unworthy purposes: the prostitution of his artistic gifts.

trade

brothel

Commercial sex establishment

escortOne who accompanies another
streetwalkerOne who solicits outdoors
call girlHired sexual companion

hooker · madam · pimp · john · trick · soliciting · red-light · bordello · massage parlor · outcall

roles

sex worker

Provider of paid intimacy

escortOne who accompanies another
madamFormal address for women
pimpProstitution manager

john · procurer · courtesan · concubine · gigolo · streetwalker · call girl · hooker · hustler · kept woman

legal

arrest

Seize by law

solicitationSeeking to obtain
traffickingIllegal transport for profit
viceBad habit or deputy

criminalization · decriminalization · prosecution · sting operation · raid · pimping · indictment · incarceration · sentencing · felony

exploitation

trafficking

Illegal transport for profit

coercionPressured compliance through threats
victimizationBeing made to suffer
abuseCruel or violent treatment

slavery · smuggling · oppression · profiteering · debt bondage · grooming · manipulation · vulnerability · underage · forced

moral

sin

Violation of divine law

viceBad habit or deputy
immoralityQuality of being wicked
shamePainful awareness of failure

stigma · condemnation · degradation · dishonor · scandal · taboo · judgment · disgrace · ostracism · respectability

prostitution

brothel

sex worker

arrest

trafficking

sin

prostitution

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