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"To force or influence (someone) to be sexually promiscuous or to look like a prostitute."
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"(transitive) To force or influence (someone) to be sexually promiscuous or to look like a prostitute."
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"(intransitive) To make oneself look sexually promiscuous or similar to a prostitute."
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"To pimp (someone)."
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"(transitive) To pimp (someone)."
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"To offer or be willing to change (something) to make it popular in a way that constitutes selling out."
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"(transitive, figurative, by extension) To offer or be willing to change (something) to make it popular in a way that constitutes selling out."
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"To work as a prostitute; to hire a prostitute."
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"(intransitive) To work as a prostitute; to hire a prostitute."
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"(transitive, figurative, by extension) To offer or be willing to change (something) to make it popular in a way that constitutes selling out."
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"To work as a prostitute; to hire a prostitute."
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"(intransitive) To work as a prostitute; to hire a prostitute."
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