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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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Krell is a prosecutor who has specialized in human trafficking and put her share of pimps behind bars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

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

And the fact that I was “the young Brother Baldwin” increased my value with those same pimps and racketeers who had helped to stampede me into the church in the first place.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin