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prostitution | false |

As a noun prostitution

is prostitution.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

prostitution

Noun

(-)
  • Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
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  • , date = 2013-07-29 , author =David Ingram (reporting for Reuters), Howard Goller & Bill Trott (editing for Reuters) , title = FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep , site = news.yahoo.com , url = http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-says-arrested-150-three-days-child-prostitution-154521080.html , accessdate = 2013-07-29 }}
    The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution', leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child ' prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
    Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.
  • (by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.
  • The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.

    Synonyms

    * harlotry * oldest profession, world's oldest profession * whoredom

    false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
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  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:whose false foundation waves have swept away
  • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  • (lb) Out of tune.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You play me false .

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