har·lot·ry /-lətri/
  賣淫
  Har·lot·ry n.
  1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.]
  2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
  3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
  4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.]
     He sups to-night with a harlotry.   --Shak.
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  harlotry
       n : offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution, whoredom]