pimping
nounEtymology By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.
1
The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.
- His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions. The FBI had investigated him under the Dyer Act for the interstate transport of stolen cars.2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119:
2
Slang The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
- Synonyms
- pandering, poncing, procuration, procuring, procurement, proxenetism