antiprostitution

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English

Etymology

anti- +‎ prostitution

Adjective

antiprostitution (not comparable)

  1. Acting against or prohibiting prostitution
    • 2000 June 30, Dennis Normile, “INFECTIOUS DISEASES:China Awakens to Fight Projected AIDS Crisis”, in Science, volume 288, number 5475, →DOI, pages 2312–2313:
      The HIV/AIDS problem came late to China because of its limited contacts with other countries, the government's strict enforcement of antidrug and antiprostitution laws, and culturally conservative attitudes about sex in general.
    • 2007 November 10, Richard Goldstein, “George Ratterman, Football Star and Sheriff, Dies at 80”, in New York Times:
      The police, conducting what they said was an antiprostitution raid, reported finding him in bed with a stripper.

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