Prostitute

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.

II. Prostitute ·adj Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.

III. Prostitute ·vt To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.

IV. Prostitute ·noun A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.

V. Prostitute ·vt To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.