pimps

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  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

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  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.

Example Sentences

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pimps

“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

They invited the San Diego Union-Tribune to sit in as long as the volunteers weren't identified and their location kept secret, because every so often they catch the ire of johns and pimps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2018

He has kicked out of his center pimps who tried to recruit the women, but he said the local police cared only about potential radicals.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2017

Tom became increasingly adept at dealing with what he called “rascality”: cow rustlers, horse thieves, scalawags, pimps, rumrunners, stagecoach robbers, desperadoes, and other human transgressors.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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