prostitute

5 definitions • 4 examples

a person who has sex with someone for money

to use yourself or your abilities or beliefs in a way that does not deserve respect, especially in order to get money:

Some critics say he prostituted his musical skills by going into pop rather than staying with classical music.

He went to work in Hollywood and was accused of prostituting himself.

to have sex for money

someone, usually a woman, who has sex with people for money

to sell yourself by having sex with people for money, or to force someone else to prostitute himself or herself:

Hundreds of widowed or hungry women have had to prostitute themselves to survive.

fig. Some critics say that he is prostituting his writing talent (= using it in a way that does not deserve respect, esp. to earn money).