escort service

American  

[es-kawrt sur-vis] / ˈɛs kɔrt ˌsɜr vɪs /

noun

1. a business organization that provides dates for paying clients, often as a legal front for sex work in locales where prostitution is illegal.

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Etymology

Origin of escort service

First recorded in 1920–25 as escort agency

Example Sentences

That said, Draper said that right before Season 1 of “Mormon Wives” dropped on Hulu in September 2024, she was given “proof” that Ngatikaura had been using an escort service in Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Additionally, CSU provides an app linking students to the university's police department and offers a free safety escort service for campus and nearby student housing.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

Roosevelt created the Atlantic squadron in January 1939 and gradually expanded a U.S. naval patrol and escort service for shipping headed for England.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

So, in June, with some funding from the city, Self-Help for the Elderly expanded a volunteer escort service to accompany seniors on errands or outings around Chinatown and other neighborhoods.

From Fox News • Aug. 12, 2021

The trawlers were engaged in patrol duty, convoy escort service, and minesweeping.

From The Crisis of the Naval War by Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl