prostituēt

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin prōstituō (“to prostitute”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).

Verb

prostituēt tr., 2nd conj., pres. prostituēju, prostituē, prostituē, past prostituēju

1. to prostitute (to make someone work as a prostitute, i.e., having sex for profit)
2. (figuratively) to use in some humiliating way; to corrupt

   tautas partija prostituē gan politiku, gan varu, gan valsti un vispar visu, ko vien var prostituēt ― the people's party prostitutes the politician, the power (= government), the country and in general everything that one can prostitute