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pimps

  • plural of pimp.
  • present tense form of pimp (3rd person singular).

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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

“The conditions they were forced to live in, especially regarding their health, were quite unsettling,” says Jean d’Hainaut, coordinator of the Dedalus cooperative, which helps women seeking to free themselves of their pimps.

From The Guardian Jul. 10, 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