A high school girl posting on a web forum hinting at underaged prostitution has been arrested.
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Prostitution
//ˌprɒstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃn//
Synonyms for "prostitution" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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More general
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
7 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 61 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- prostitusie noun (having sex for profit)
Albanian
1 entries- prostitucion noun (having sex for profit)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πορνεία noun (having sex for profit)
Arabic
2 entries- بِغَاءٌ noun (having sex for profit)
- دَعَارَة noun (having sex for profit)
Armenian
2 entries- մարմնավաճառություն noun (having sex for profit)
- պոռնկություն noun (having sex for profit)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fahişəlik noun (having sex for profit)
Basque
1 entries- prostituzio noun (having sex for profit)
Belarusian
1 entries- прастыту́цыя noun (having sex for profit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- проститу́ция noun (having sex for profit)
Catalan
1 entries- prostitució noun (having sex for profit)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 賣春 /卖春 noun (having sex for profit)
- 賣淫 /卖淫 noun (having sex for profit)
Czech
1 entries- prostituce noun (having sex for profit)
Danish
1 entries- prostitution noun (having sex for profit)
Dutch
1 entries- prostitutie noun (having sex for profit)
Esperanto
2 entries- prostituado noun (having sex for profit)
- prostituo noun (having sex for profit)
Estonian
1 entries- prostitutsioon noun (having sex for profit)
Ewe
1 entries- ahasiwɔwɔ noun (having sex for profit)
Faroese
1 entries- skøkjulevnaður noun (having sex for profit)
Finnish
1 entries- prostituutio noun (having sex for profit)
French
1 entries- prostitution noun (having sex for profit)
Galician
1 entries- prostitución noun (having sex for profit)
Georgian
3 entries- მეძაობა noun (having sex for profit)
- პროსტიტუცია noun (having sex for profit)
- როსკიპობა noun (having sex for profit)
German
1 entries- Prostitution noun (having sex for profit)
Greek
1 entries- πορνεία noun (having sex for profit)
Hebrew
1 entries- זנות noun (having sex for profit)
Hindi
1 entries- वेश्यावृत्ति noun (having sex for profit)
Hungarian
1 entries- prostitúció noun (having sex for profit)
Indonesian
1 entries- prostitusi noun (having sex for profit)
Ingrian
1 entries- nussutöö noun (having sex for profit)
Italian
1 entries- prostituzione noun (having sex for profit)
Japanese
4 entries- 切り売り主義 noun (having sex for profit)
- 売春 noun (having sex for profit)
- 淫売 noun (having sex for profit)
- 買春 noun (having sex for profit)
Kalmyk
1 entries- яңхллт noun (having sex for profit)
Korean
2 entries- 매춘 noun (having sex for profit)
- 성매매 noun (having sex for profit)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жалаптык noun (having sex for profit)
Latin
1 entries- prostitutio noun (having sex for profit)
Macedonian
2 entries- ку́рварлак noun (having sex for profit)
- проститу́ција noun (having sex for profit)
Malayalam
1 entries- വേശ്യാവൃത്തി noun (having sex for profit)
Māori
1 entries- kairautanga noun (having sex for profit)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- prostitusjon noun (having sex for profit)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- prostitusjon noun (having sex for profit)
Occitan
1 entries- prostitucion noun (having sex for profit)
Persian
2 entries- تنفروشی noun (having sex for profit)
- روسپیگری noun (having sex for profit)
Piedmontese
1 entries- prostitussion noun (having sex for profit)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Huararie noun (having sex for profit)
Polish
1 entries- prostytucja noun (having sex for profit)
Portuguese
1 entries- prostituição noun (having sex for profit)
Romanian
1 entries- prostituție noun (having sex for profit)
Russian
1 entries- проститу́ция noun (having sex for profit)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- siùrsachd noun (having sex for profit)
- strìopachas noun (having sex for profit)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prostitúcija noun (having sex for profit)
- проститу́ција noun (having sex for profit)
Slovak
1 entries- prostitúcia noun (having sex for profit)
Slovene
1 entries- prostitúcija noun (having sex for profit)
Spanish
1 entries- prostitución noun (having sex for profit)
Swahili
2 entries- ukahaba noun (having sex for profit)
- umalaya noun (having sex for profit)
Swedish
1 entries- prostitution noun (having sex for profit)
Telugu
1 entries- వ్యభిచారం noun (having sex for profit)
Thai
1 entries- การค้าประเวณี noun (having sex for profit)
Turkish
1 entries- fahişelik noun (having sex for profit)
Ukrainian
1 entries- проститу́ція noun (having sex for profit)
Urdu
4 entries- جِسْم فَروشی noun (having sex for profit)
- دَھنْدا noun (having sex for profit)
- فاحِشْگی noun (having sex for profit)
- قَحبَہ گِرِی noun (having sex for profit)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự mại dâm noun (having sex for profit)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
Source: tatoeba (411803)
Prostitution, gambling, the use of narcotic substances, drunkenness, disorder, and all other illegal activities are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
Source: tatoeba (450980)
Prostitution is legal in Germany.
Source: tatoeba (1890748)
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