"prostitution" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌprɒstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃn/, /prɒstɪˈtjuːʃn/ Audio: en-us-prostitution.ogg [US] Forms: prostitutions [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin prostitutio. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|prostitutio}} Late Latin prostitutio Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} prostitution (usually uncountable, plural prostitutions)
  1. Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-prostitution-en-noun-G8y53Kzg Disambiguation of Sex: 48 48 4
  2. (by extension) Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for goods (not necessarily money) or services. Tags: broadly, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Prostitution, Sex
    Sense id: en-prostitution-en-noun-UKb19qs~ Disambiguation of Prostitution: 39 50 12 Disambiguation of Sex: 48 48 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 60 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 67 24
  3. (by extension) Debasement for profit or impure motives. Tags: broadly, uncountable, usually Translations (having sex for profit): prostitusie (Afrikaans), prostitucion [masculine] (Albanian), πορνεία (porneía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), بِغَاءٌ (biḡāʔun) (Arabic), دَعَارَة (daʕāra) (Arabic), պոռնկություն (poṙnkutʻyun) (Armenian), մարմնավաճառություն (marmnavačaṙutʻyun) (Armenian), fahişəlik (Azerbaijani), prostituzio (Basque), прастыту́цыя (prastytúcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), проститу́ция (prostitúcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), prostitució [feminine] (Catalan), 賣淫 (Chinese Mandarin), 卖淫 (màiyín) (Chinese Mandarin), 賣春 (Chinese Mandarin), 卖春 (màichūn) [euphemistic] (Chinese Mandarin), prostituce [feminine] (Czech), prostitution [common-gender] (Danish), prostitutie [feminine] (Dutch), prostituo (Esperanto), prostituado (Esperanto), prostitutsioon (Estonian), ahasiwɔwɔ (Ewe), skøkjulevnaður [masculine] (Faroese), prostituutio (Finnish), prostitution [feminine] (French), prostitución [feminine] (Galician), პროსტიტუცია (ṗrosṭiṭucia) (Georgian), მეძაობა (meʒaoba) (Georgian), როსკიპობა (rosḳiṗoba) (Georgian), Prostitution [feminine] (German), πορνεία (porneía) [feminine] (Greek), זנות (znut) [feminine] (Hebrew), वेश्यावृत्ति (veśyāvŕtti) [feminine] (Hindi), prostitúció (Hungarian), nussutöö (Ingrian), prostituzione [feminine] (Italian), 淫売 (inbai) (alt: いんばい) (Japanese), 売春 (baishun) (alt: ばいしゅん) (Japanese), 買春 (alt: ばいしゅん, baishun, かいしゅん, kaishun) (Japanese), 切り売り主義 (kiriurishugi) (alt: きりうりしゅぎ) (Japanese), яңхллт (yañxllt) (Kalmyk), 성매매 (seongmaemae) (Korean), 매춘 (maechun) (Korean), жалаптык (jalaptık) (Kyrgyz), prostitutio [feminine] (Latin), проститу́ција (prostitúcija) [feminine] (Macedonian), ку́рварлак (kúrvarlak) [masculine] (Macedonian), വേശ്യാവൃത്തി (vēśyāvr̥tti) (Malayalam), kairautanga (Maori), prostitusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), prostitusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prostitucion [feminine] (Occitan), روسپیگری (ruspi-gari) (Persian), تنفروشی (tan-foruši) (Persian), prostitussion [feminine] (Piedmontese), Huararie [feminine] (Plautdietsch), prostytucja [feminine] (Polish), prostituição [feminine] (Portuguese), prostituție [feminine] (Romanian), проститу́ция (prostitúcija) [feminine] (Russian), strìopachas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), siùrsachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), проститу́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prostitúcija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prostitúcia [feminine] (Slovak), prostitúcija [feminine] (Slovene), prostitución [feminine] (Spanish), umalaya [class-14] (Swahili), ukahaba (Swahili), prostitution [common-gender] (Swedish), వ్యభిచారం (vyabhicāraṁ) (Telugu), การค้าประเวณี (gaan-káa-bprà-wee-nii) (Thai), fahişelik (Turkish), проститу́ція (prostytúcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sự mại dâm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-prostitution-en-noun-zB-Vxj6m Disambiguation of 'having sex for profit': 6 29 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: harlotry, oldest profession, world's oldest profession, oldest occupation, whoredom Hypernyms: sex work Related terms: prostitute, child prostitution, prostitute's pupil

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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prastytúcyja",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "having sex for profit",
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          "sense": "having sex for profit",
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          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "word": "ahasiwɔwɔ"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "skøkjulevnaður"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "word": "prostituutio"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prostitution"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prostitución"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗrosṭiṭucia",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "word": "პროსტიტუცია"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 29 65",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "meʒaoba",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "word": "მეძაობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 29 65",
          "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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          "word": "Prostitution"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 29 65",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "porneía",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "πορνεία"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "porneía",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "πορνεία"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 29 65",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "znut",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "זנות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 29 65",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "veśyāvŕtti",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "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"
          ],
          "word": "prostituzione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 29 65",
          "alt": "いんばい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "inbai",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "word": "淫売"
        },
        {
          "_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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          "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"
        },
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          "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"
        },
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          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "yañxllt",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
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        },
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          "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"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jalaptık",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "word": "жалаптык"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prostitutio"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prostitúcija",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "проститу́ција"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kúrvarlak",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ку́рварлак"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vēśyāvr̥tti",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "word": "വേശ്യാവൃത്തി"
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          "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",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prostitusjon"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "prostitusjon"
        },
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "having sex for profit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prostitucion"
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "prostitusie"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "fahişəlik"
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      "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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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "賣淫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "卖淫"
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      "word": "賣春"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "prostituo"
    },
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      "word": "prostituado"
    },
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "prostitutsioon"
    },
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      "code": "ee",
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      "word": "prostituutio"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "prostitución"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "პროსტიტუცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "meʒaoba",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "მეძაობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rosḳiṗoba",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "როსკიპობა"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Prostitution"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "πορνεία"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "πορνεία"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "वेश्यावृत्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "prostitúció"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "nussutöö"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prostituzione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いんばい",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "淫売"
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    {
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "売春"
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      "word": "買春"
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      "alt": "きりうりしゅぎ",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "切り売り主義"
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      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "yañxllt",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "яңхллт"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seongmaemae",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "성매매"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "maechun",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "매춘"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "жалаптык"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "prostitutio"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "проститу́ција"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "വേശ്യാവൃത്തി"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "kairautanga"
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      "sense": "having sex for profit",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ruspi-gari",
      "sense": "having sex for profit",
      "word": "روسپیگری"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "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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