i Register
In some senses, prostitute is marked as obsolete, derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ
common
The police arrested several women working as common prostitutes in the city center.
child, female, girl, male
former, reformed
She interviewed a reformed prostitute who now runs a support center for women.
VERB + PROSTITUTE
be, work as
go to, use, visit
Young men sometimes visit prostitutes in that part of the city.
control
The gang leader was convicted of controlling several prostitutes in the city.
PROSTITUTE + VERB
solicit
Women working as prostitutes solicited customers from street corners in that neighborhood.