ponce
- noun
- /pɒns/
- NSFW
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proxeneta
- She refused to give any money to the ponce controlling the girls on the street.
Examples
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The police arrested the ponce who was operating in the city center.
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Many people in the city despise the local ponces.
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Everyone knew he was a ponce looking for new business.
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He was known as a ponce in the underworld.
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The police arrested the ponce who was operating in the city center.
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She refused to give any money to the ponce controlling the girls on the street.
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Everyone knew he was a ponce looking for new business.
Synonyms
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9.5
A person who controls prostitutes and takes some of their money
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9.8
A person who finds customers for prostitutes
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9.9
A slang name for a man who tries to attract women and sometimes acts as a pimp
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9.9
A man who finds and controls people who sell sex and takes their money
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9.9
A person who finds clients for people who sell sex
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9.8
A person who finds clients for prostitutes
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9.9
A man who finds customers for prostitutes and keeps their money
A person who finds clients for prostitutes
A man who finds customers for prostitutes and takes their money
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ponce As the slang word for a man who controls prostitutes and takes part of their earnings, ponce probably comes from old street slang for someone who lives off other people's money and may have come from French. So ponce means a 'pimp', a man who arranges clients and takes a cut.