Examples of “prostitution” in a Sentence

noun The practice of engaging in sex in exchange for money or other payment.

• Prostitution is legal in some countries and banned in others.
• The city cracked down on street prostitution near the station.
• The charity offers practical support to people who want to leave prostitution and rebuild their lives.

noun The act of debasing oneself or one's talents for profit.

• He called the ad campaign a prostitution of the artist's original vision.
• Critics saw the novelist's decision to write advertising slogans as a prostitution of her real talent.
• Is it not a prostitution of your gift to spend it on cheap, empty work?