life of infamy

life of infamy
   prostitution
   How the righteous profess to see it:
    ... she may have been a servant out of a place... and betaken herself here to a life of infamy. (Mayhew, 1862 — here was a brothel)
   We still may hear talk of a prostitute leading a life of shame.

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