Pimp

In feudal England, a type of tenure by which a tenant was permitted to use real property that belonged to a lord in exchange for the performance of some service, such as providing young women for the use and pleasure of the lord.

An individual who, for a fee, supplies another individual with a prostitute for sexual purposes. To pander, or cater to the sexual desires of others in exchange for money.

Cross-references

Prostitution.

pimp

n. a person who procures a prostitute for customers or vice versa, sharing the profits of the woman's activities. Supposedly he provides protection for the prostitutes, but quite often he will threaten, brutalize, rape, cheat and induce drug addiction of his women. A pimp commits the crime of pandering. (See: prostitution, pander, panderer)

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"I worked with some amazing people, who ended up giving evidence against their pimps and madams, which was fantastic."

Ex-cop lifts the lid on 25 years policing the murky world of sex work in the North East; Former police officer Ian Fiddes has been involved in investigations including a probe into pimps and a corrupt cop and Operation Sanctuary

Residents at a care home in Shotts have pimped out their zimmers to help them recognise their frames.

Pimp My ride Care home team's zimmer makeovers; Rosehall

Charges of trafficking in person were filed against the pimp while the minors were turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

7 girls, 3 women rescued from sex ring

The defendants then moved the body to the car of the pimp and kept it by the side of a road in UAQ.

Four jailed for disposing of woman's body

Pimp My Gadget is the popular mobile phone, tablet and gadget repair shop in Brisbane.

Repair and Recycle Your Phones with Pimp My Gadget

"It's amazing to be able to look forward to an even bigger and better "pimped" summer ball this year, and I can only thank every single person who has helped us win the prize again for their relentless tweeting over the past month, they've made this happen, and we're aiming to give them a brilliant day and night in return!" Students won the competition after they encouraged supporters to tweet hashtags - #pimpmysummerball followed by the name of the university.

Uni wins challenge to 'pimp' summer do

The 47-year-old, who is now an up-and-coming actress, said: "I have heard from girls I know who are still in the industry that branding is becoming an extremely popular practice among pimps, especially by those from Russia and Poland.

Trafficked prostitutes BRANDED by pimps to show they 'own' them; tattooing by vice gangs on the rise

The game is this, though: a real pimp focuses fon making] sure he's manicured, he's pedicured, his hair is done, his face is right, his outfit is cold, his car look good, got a pocket full of money, conversation strong, smell good.

G'd up from the feet up: fresh off of his Happy Socks collection, Snoop Dogg shares the rules of his evolutionary style

Gifford reveals how Goines simultaneously worked within the confines of mass-market publishing and also actively attempted to transform the political and affective power of the genre in his assertion that "Goines nevertheless transformed the pimp narrative into a story of black radicalism, thereby making the antiwhite, antiauthoritarian politics of the pimp autobiography an explicit part of this literary scene" (95).

Pimping Fictions: African American Crime Literature and the Untold Story of Black Pulp Publishing

work for a pimp. (68) Pimp control of International Boulevard, the main

Precedent or problem? Alameda County's diversion policy for youth charged with prostitution and the case for a policy of immunity

"In much of the country today if a girl is found in the custody of a so-called pimp she is not considered to be a victim of abuse, and that's just wrong and defies common sense," Wyden testified at a recent hearing.

Taking on the traffickers