- 1prostitute something/yourself to use your skills, abilities, etc. to do something that earns you money but that other people do not respect because you are capable of doing something better Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts.
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- 2prostitute yourself to work as a prostitute
prostitute
verbNAmE//ˈprɑstəˌtut//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they prostitute he / she / it prostitutes
past simple prostituted
-ing form prostituting
Check pronunciation: prostitute