antiprostitution

adjective

Acting against or prohibiting prostitution

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Meanings

adjectiveantiprostitution (not comparable)
  1. not comparableActing against or prohibiting prostitution

    The police, conducting what they said was an antiprostitution raid, reported finding him in bed with a stripper.

    2007 November 10, Richard Goldstein, “George Ratterman, Football Star and Sheriff, Dies at 80”, in New York Times
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    The HIV/AIDS problem came late to China because of its limited contacts with other countries, the government's strict enforcement of antidrug and antiprostitution laws, and culturally conservative attitudes about sex in general.

    2000 June 30, Dennis Normile, “INFECTIOUS DISEASES:China Awakens to Fight Projected AIDS Crisis”, in Science, volume 288, number 5475, →DOI, pages 2312–2313

Origin

From anti- + prostitution.

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Translations

Portuguese antiprostituição
  • antiprostituiçãoacting against or prohibiting prostitution
Cite this entry
APA

antiprostitution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiprostitution

MLA

“antiprostitution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiprostitution. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiprostitution,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiprostitution.

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