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prostitution

Translation
prostitution
index misusage, perversion

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


prostitution
n.
The practice of selling sex for money. See also pander, pimp

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


prostitution
The profession of performing sexual acts for money. Prostitution is a crime throughout the United States, except for a few counties in the State of Nevada. Soliciting acts of prostitution is also a crime, called pandering or simply, soliciting.
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


prostitution
n.
1 Engaging in sexual activity for compensation.
2 Lowering in value, dignity, class, and so on.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


prostitution
The act of offering one's self for hire to engage in sexual relations.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


prostitution
The act of offering one's self for hire to engage in sexual relations.

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  • Prostitution — Pros ti*tu tion, n. [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.] 1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of setting one s self to sale …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prostitution — 1> проституция 2> проституирование; торговля своей честью, убеждениями Ex: political prostitution политическая проституция …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • prostitution — noun 1) проституция 2) проституирование …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • Prostitution — (v. lat.), 1) die öffentliche Hin od. Ausstellung; 2) die Preisgabe seiner Person zu niedrigem Zweck, bes. 3) die Selbsthingabe eines Frauenzimmers in gewerbsmäßiger Unzucht. Die große Verbreitung, welche die P. in neuerer Zeit namentlich in den… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Prostitution — (lat.), die von einem Weib öffentlich gewerbsmäßig betriebene Preisgebung des eignen Körpers gegen Entgelt an jeden Beliebigen. Zwischen dieser Form des geschlechtlichen Verkehrs und dem in einer aus Liebe geschlossenen Ehe liegen sehr viele… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Prostitution — Prostitution, pudicitia prostituta. – von der Pr. leben, vulgato corpore quaestum facere …   Kleines deutsch-lateinisches Handwörterbuch

  • Prostitution — Eingangstüren zu Wohnungen, in denen der Prostitution nachgegangen wird Prostitution (von lateinisch prostituere „nach vorn/ zur Schau stellen, preisgeben“) – früher Gewerbsunzucht – bezeichnet die Vornahme sexueller Handlungen gegen Entgelt.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Prostitution — Whore , prostitute , and The oldest profession redirect here. For other uses of whore or whores , see Whore (disambiguation). For the 1967 French film, see The Oldest Profession (film) …   Wikipedia

  • Prostitution — Prostituée en 1890.   …   Wikipédia en Français

  • prostitution — /pros ti tooh sheuhn, tyooh /, n. 1. the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money. 2. base or unworthy use, as of talent or ability. [1545 55; < LL prostitution (s. of prostitutio). See PROSTITUTE, ION] * * * Practice of… …   Universalium

Фильмы

  • The Pentagon., 1972 — About negative part of the US military services in the process of détente in the international situation.
  • The Man From the Fifth Avenue., 1986 — A trip of the Soviet film uniti around New York with a coomon American named Josiph Mori, who joined the group of outcasts.
  • How Do You Do ( "Rovesnik" #5), 1988 — The film about one of the negative sides of our society-prostitution.