plural brothels
: a business establishment where sex workers are available for hire
For recreation, there were bars, after-hours joints, pool halls, strip joints, brothels, and transient motels.—
Darlene Nall
Darlene NallElizaveta is happy to become the madam of a high-class brothel.—Jonathan Fast
Jonathan FastIn the brutal red-light district of Chicago, at the dawn of the 20th century, most brothels emphasized "efficiency instead of fantasy."—Ada Calhoun
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the district is infamous for its brothels and drug dealers
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In that case, police accused a man and a woman with operating six brothels around the Bay Area.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Sealed off from the rest of the building after someone opened up a brothel, the apparently lesser units were largely excluded from the hubbub these past few years.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Richard Pryor talks about growing up in a brothel and having to sit there and then watch men come in and out of his mother’s room.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
One of them was seen leaving the Dougherty Road brothel with Liu in 2017.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Sealed off from the rest of the building after someone opened up a brothel, the apparently lesser units were largely excluded from the hubbub these past few years.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Richard Pryor talks about growing up in a brothel and having to sit there and then watch men come in and out of his mother’s room.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
One of them was seen leaving the Dougherty Road brothel with Liu in 2017.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for brothel
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“Brothel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brothel. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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