PROSTITUTED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

prostituted

verb

past tense of prostitute

as in degraded

to lower in character, dignity, or quality a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money

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as in abused

to put to a bad or improper use urged not to prostitute her musical talents by writing jingles for TV commercials

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Recent Examples of prostituted Compare that to how Bondi prostituted the Justice Department to a vengeful president and bungled the entire Epstein matter. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026 At least two women who were prostituted and abused by Epstein and his clients had Colorado connections. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026

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The invasion has raised European willingness to spend more on defense, and the fighting has badly degraded Russia’s armed forces.

— JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Russia’s subsequent full-scale invasion has largely degraded into a battlefield stalemate, with Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces vying for the upper hand, though the two sides have recently intensified their aerial attacks on one another.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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Furious season 1 wrapped up the case as Alice arrested Catherine at Jay Easton’s (Peter McRobbie) house — the site where Catherine and her friend Isabel (Larissa Campos) were abused.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
That series revealed just how little many local police departments are doing to make sure street-camera data is not being abused.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

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Scott the aesthete, the creator of indelible images and ethereal moods who was unafraid to linger in beauty, even when that beauty was corrupted.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
As a result, the notion of utopia became increasingly associated with the sci-fi genre, while the idea of creating a perfect social order here on earth was corrupted by totalitarian regimes.

— Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of corrupted

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The complaint asks Bonta to investigate whether charitable funds were diverted for Miranda’s personal benefit and recover any money found to have been misused.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Look for unfamiliar accounts or other signs that your information may have been misused.

— Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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More important to Bernstein is what that lust reveals about her characters’ deepest needs, specifically how their need to care and be cared for can be as easily perverted as any other form of desire.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
Georgia Bernstein’s unsettling directorial debut focuses on how warped and perverted those desires become when they’re taken to their insatiable extremes.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Definition of perverted

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In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of humiliated

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The bulk of these are in regions like Africa and South America, where governments have repeatedly debased national currencies, and prompted their citizens to seek out sturdier assets like Tether’s dollar and gold offerings instead.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Look at how much the city had debased this pilgrim in six months, a year.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

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