noun. A person who engages in prostitution.

noun. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.

transitive verb. To offer (oneself or another) for sexual activity in exchange for money.

transitive verb. To devote (oneself or one's talent, for example) to an unworthy purpose, especially for personal gain.

To offer to a lewd use, or to indiscriminate lewdness, for hire.

To surrender to any vile or infamous purpose; devote to anything base; sell or hire to the service of wickedness.

Openly devoted to lewdness for gain.

Sold for base or infamous purposes; infamous; mercenary; base.

noun. A woman given to indiscriminate lewdness for gain; a strumpet; a harlot. In criminal law it has been held that the element of gain is not essential or may be presumed.

noun. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who engages in infamous employments for hire.

adjective. Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.

noun. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.

noun. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.

transitive verb. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.

transitive verb. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use

noun. A woman, or other person, who performs sexual activity for payment.

noun. A woman, or other person, who is perceived as engaging in sexual activity with many people.

noun. A person who does, or offers to do, an activity for money, despite personal dislike or dishonour.

verb. To perform sexual activity for money

verb. To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.

verb. To use one's talents in return for money or fame

verb. To exploit for base purposes; to whore.

verb. sell one's body; exchange sex for money

noun. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

"Do they really believe that during a recession, 17 months in prison for a prostitute is a worthy use of their tax money?"