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pimps

  • plural
    of pimp.
    pimp
    noun
    a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; panderer; procurer.
  • present tense form
    of pimp (3rd person singular).
    pimp
    noun
    a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; panderer; procurer.

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But the idea of curtailing even a weak tool to hold johns and pimps accountable is infuriating to critics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

Another bill, the Sex Trade Survivors Justice & Equality Act, would focus on punishing customers and pimps, in an attempt to strengthen current laws on sex trafficking.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021

Listening to musicians, lovers, pimps, childhood friends and FBI agents recounting their time with Holiday is an evocative and transportive experience.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2020

“Anyone who pimps himself out to the M.E.K. fails the litmus test for integrity,” he said.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019

Blacktown crawled with white people, with pimps, prostitutes, bootleggers, with hustlers of all kinds, with colorful characters, and with police and prohibition agents.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey