massage parlor
noun
: an establishment that provides massage treatments
also
: one offering sexual services in addition to or in lieu of massage
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In October 2022, the unit had been assigned to look into allegations of prostitution at nine of Lewisville's massage parlors and another in Flower Mound.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Nov. 2024
On Rue Sainte-Catherine, prostitutes lined up outside the entrances to the strip clubs, massage parlors, and video booths.
—Daniel Saldaña París, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Officers responded to a massage parlor in West Haven on Aug. 18 on a reported armed robbery, according to the West Haven Police Department.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the workers take nightmarish jobs in restaurants and massage parlors in China, weld on construction sites in an undisclosed Eastern European state, or on construction sites while living in miserable conditions in the Middle East with few—if any—human rights provisions.
—Sarah E. Mendelson, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2015
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Nov. 2024
On Rue Sainte-Catherine, prostitutes lined up outside the entrances to the strip clubs, massage parlors, and video booths.
—Daniel Saldaña París, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Officers responded to a massage parlor in West Haven on Aug. 18 on a reported armed robbery, according to the West Haven Police Department.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the workers take nightmarish jobs in restaurants and massage parlors in China, weld on construction sites in an undisclosed Eastern European state, or on construction sites while living in miserable conditions in the Middle East with few—if any—human rights provisions.
—Sarah E. Mendelson, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2015
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“Massage parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/massage%20parlor. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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