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"etymology_text": "From Late Latin prostitutio.",
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"text": "Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.",
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"ref": "2013 July 29, David Ingram (reporting for Reuters), Howard Goller, Bill Trott (editing for Reuters), “FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep”, in news.yahoo.com, retrieved 2013-07-29",
"text": "The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution, leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.",
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"text": "The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.",
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"(by extension) Debasement for profit or impure motives."
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "prostitusie"
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"roman": "biḡāʔun",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "بِغَاءٌ"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "daʕāra",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "دَعَارَة"
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"roman": "poṙnkutʻyun",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "պոռնկություն"
},
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"roman": "marmnavačaṙutʻyun",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "մարմնավաճառություն"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "fahişəlik"
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"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "prostituzio"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prastytúcyja",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
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"word": "прастыту́цыя"
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"roman": "prostitúcija",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "賣淫"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "màiyín",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "卖淫"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "賣春"
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{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "màichūn",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "prostituo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "prostituado"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "prostitutsioon"
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{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "ahasiwɔwɔ"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
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],
"word": "skøkjulevnaður"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "prostituutio"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"lang": "Galician",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗrosṭiṭucia",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "პროსტიტუცია"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "meʒaoba",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "მეძაობა"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rosḳiṗoba",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "როსკიპობა"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "porneía",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
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],
"word": "πορνεία"
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"roman": "porneía",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "znut",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "זנות"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "veśyāvŕtti",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "वेश्यावृत्ति"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "prostitúció"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "nussutöö"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"alt": "いんばい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inbai",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "淫売"
},
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"alt": "ばいしゅん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "baishun",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "売春"
},
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"alt": "ばいしゅん, baishun, かいしゅん, kaishun",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "買春"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"alt": "きりうりしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiriurishugi",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "切り売り主義"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "yañxllt",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "яңхллт"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seongmaemae",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "성매매"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maechun",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "매춘"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jalaptık",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "жалаптык"
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
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},
{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vēśyāvr̥tti",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "വേശ്യാവൃത്തി"
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "kairautanga"
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{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "fa",
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"word": "روسپیگری"
},
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vyabhicāraṁ",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "వ్యభిచారం"
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{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"_dis1": "6 29 65",
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"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "fahişelik"
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{
"_dis1": "6 29 65",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "sự mại dâm"
}
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}
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"word": "ку́рварлак"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vēśyāvr̥tti",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "വേശ്യാവൃത്തി"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "kairautanga"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prostitusjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prostitusjon"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitucion"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ruspi-gari",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "روسپیگری"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tan-foruši",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "تنفروشی"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitussion"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Huararie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostytucja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostituição"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostituție"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostitúcija",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "проститу́ция"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strìopachas"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siùrsachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "проститу́ција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitúcija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitúcia"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitúcija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostitución"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"class-14"
],
"word": "umalaya"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "ukahaba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "prostitution"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vyabhicāraṁ",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "వ్యభిచారం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-káa-bprà-wee-nii",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "การค้าประเวณี"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "fahişelik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostytúcija",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "проститу́ція"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having sex for profit",
"word": "sự mại dâm"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"prostitution"
],
"word": "prostitution"
}
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"name": "der"
}
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"tags": [
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}
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},
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"word": "prostituée"
},
{
"word": "prostituer"
}
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"French entries with incorrect language header",
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"French lemmas",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"fr:Prostitution"
],
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[
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"prostitution#English"
]
],
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],
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/pʁɔs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-prostitution.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/Fr-prostitution.ogg/Fr-prostitution.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Fr-prostitution.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
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}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-noun-unc-irreg-c",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "prostitution",
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"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"form": "prostitutions",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"form": "prostitutionens",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"genitive",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"3": "",
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"head": "",
"sort": ""
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{
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},
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"2": "prostitutionen",
"3": "-",
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"8": "-",
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"definitions": "",
"gender": "Common",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "prostituerad"
}
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"categories": [
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"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
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[
"prostitution",
"prostitution#English"
]
],
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}
],
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}
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