as in cadet
a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money
the sting operation nabbed 15 prostitutes and two pimps
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as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
a movie actress who pimped everybody she ever met as she clawed her way to the top
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Recent Examples of pimp
Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
White was her pimp, records say, and found clients and provided Colbert with security while assisting in stealing from victims.
—Pj Green
july 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Gibson was also convicted of two counts of trafficking a person, pimping, pandering, keeping a place of prostitution, battery, possession of a firearm during commission of felony and other crimes, Fulton County media relations director Pallavi Bailey said.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Noun
The case started on July 1, when a man called police to report three pimps were holding his girlfriend against her will at a hotel on Hegenberger Road in East Oakland.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
White was her pimp, records say, and found clients and provided Colbert with security while assisting in stealing from victims.
—Pj Green
july 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Verb
In Rolling Stone’s year-end issue for 1990, the first page had loads of stars giving their summary of the year, mostly pimping their latest career highlights.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Gibson was also convicted of two counts of trafficking a person, pimping, pandering, keeping a place of prostitution, battery, possession of a firearm during commission of felony and other crimes, Fulton County media relations director Pallavi Bailey said.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pimp
Noun
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The school shared a post to its social media commending its cadet for his quick thinking that night.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
1 Sep. 2025
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The District 60 Board of Education voted 5-1 with an abstention to approve the expenditure for the trip on Tuesday at the Education Service Center in Waukegan concerned about the cadets’ safety, but not wanting to deprive them of the opportunity to compete.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Russian media reports suggested that Putin stopped using the residence from 2024 amid intensifying Ukrainian drone attacks.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wash dirty hands before using a touchscreen or laptop keyboard.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ties reached their lowest ebb in January 2010 after the Israeli security service Mossad dispatched a 27-strong death squad to Dubai to assassinate Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior weapons procurer for Hamas.—
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gavi is the most prominent procurer and distributor of vaccines to children across the globe.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The Commission said Google’s market power has been abused since 2014.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Moore previously served as the defense attorney for Louise and David Turpin, the California couple who abused and imprisoned their 13 children and dependent adults in a 'house of horrors' for years.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Her 23-year-old son, Rahjah Ke’ Morton, recently accused her of exploiting his past cancer diagnosis for personal gain.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Counterterrorism strategies must continue to adapt to meet this evolving battleground, leveraging not only military and intelligence tools but also public-private partnerships with tech platforms, AI monitoring, and global diplomacy.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The new strategy aims to leverage Ford’s iconic brand while simultaneously signaling that the car company is entering a new era, Materazzo said.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When writers see and manipulate structure, words become poetry.—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Cyrus was quick to defend herself, implying her words had been manipulated by the Times.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pimp. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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