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kerb crawling

noun

  1. the act of driving slowly along the edge of the pavement seeking to entice someone into the car for sexual purposes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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At present, soliciting in public, "kerb crawling" and brothel-keeping are illegal.

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No arrests for kerb crawling have been made in the past six years in a town where five sex workers were murdered, police figures show.

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As things stand, buying and selling sex is technically legal across the whole of the UK, but a number of related activities, from running a brothel to kerb crawling and solicitation, are all criminal offences.

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Paul Rounding's charges relate to an incident in Hull last October The Mayor of Driffield is due to stand trial over kerb crawling charges.

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