ill repute
See also: ill-repute
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Noun edit
- Bad reputation; notoriety.
- He was held in ill repute, no one would trust him enough to do business with him.
- (euphemistic) Prostitution and the sex industry.
- 1997, Aileen Schumacher, Engineering for Murder, page 69:
- His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border.
Derived terms edit
- house of ill repute (“brothel”)
- woman of ill repute
Translations edit
bad reputation
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