Abuse
Abuse verb - To put to a bad or improper use.
Usage example: if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long
Prostitute is a synonym for abuse in use wrongly topic. In some cases you can use "Prostitute" instead a verb "Abuse".
Prostitute
Prostitute verb - To put to a bad or improper use.
Usage example: urged not to prostitute her musical talents by writing jingles for TV commercials
Abuse is a synonym for prostitute in misuse topic. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a verb "Prostitute".
How words are described
| human | human abuse | human prostitute |
| female | female abuse | female prostitute |
| common | common abuse | common prostitute |
| real | real abuse | real prostitute |
| Other adjectives: former, suspected. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Apparently the abuse is so bad that it drove Penny's mother to hatch a (failed) plan to escape and live the rest of her life as a prostitute.
Source: Domestic Abuse - Also Soi, who was a child prostitute subjected to years of sexual abuse until Nakago rescued her.
Source: Rape as Backstory - Parodied on MADtv, where a guy hires a prostitute to verbally abuse him, just like his ex-wife used to.
Source: Platonic Prostitution
Cite this Source
Prostitute and Abuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/prostitute
Abuse & Prostitute. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/prostitute>.
Prostitute or Abuse. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/prostitute.
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