prostitute
noun
a person who engages in sexual intercourse or other sex acts for money; sex worker.
prostituted
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past participleof prostitute.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof prostitute.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Key to the Nordic model, now implemented in Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Northern Ireland, Canada, France, Ireland and Israel, is creating an exit strategy for prostituted people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“Art, music, architecture, literature, all seem to have been prostituted in this commercial age to the greed for money,” Brundage wrote in “The Significance of Amateur Sport.”
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
“He prostituted his own son’s death,” she told me.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2017
The measure includes protections that allow a prostituted child or adult to avoid criminal charges if they can prove they were coerced into it.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2011
I have but my blasted reputation, my destitute condition, my debts, my crimes, my prostituted name.
From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith
