[ es-kawrt sur vis ] SHOW IPA. / ˈɛs kɔrt ˌsɜr vɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING. noun. a business organization that provides dates for paying clients, often as a legal front for sex work in locales where prostitution is illegal.
Prostitution is illegal in the vast majority of the United States as a result of state laws rather than federal laws. It is, however, legal in some rural counties within the state of Nevada. Prostitution nevertheless occurs elsewhere in the country.
a person, esp a young woman, who may be hired to accompany another for entertainment, etc.
It's the Law – Bill C-36 The effect of Bill C-36 (Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act) makes prostitution itself an illegal practice; every time prostitution takes place, regardless of venue, an offence is committed.