Some escort services are networked with others and can assemble large numbers of women for parties and conventions.Įxit Fee - The money a pimp will demand from a victim who is thinking about trying to leave.
A victim is said to be “with a date” or “dating.”Įscort Service - An organization, operating chiefly via cell phone and the internet, which sends a victim to a buyer’s location (an “outcall”) or arranges for the buyer to come to a house or apartment (an “in-call”) this may be the workplace of a single woman or a small brothel.
The term can also refer to a chain of states such as the “Minnesota pipeline” by which victims are moved through a series of locations from Minnesota to markets in New York.ĭaddy - The term a pimp will often require his victim to call him.ĭate - The exchange when prostitution takes place, or the activity of prostitution. One example would be the West Coast circuit of San Diego, Las Vegas, Portland, and the cities between. (See Reckless Eyeballing)Ĭircuit - A series of cities among which prostituted people are moved. When this occurs, he will force the victim to work harder to replace the money lost in transaction. If the original pimp wants the victim back, he must pay a fee to the new pimp. According to traditional pimping rules, when a victim makes eye contact with another pimp (accidentally or on purpose), she is choosing him to be her pimp. Victims are instructed to keep their eyes on the ground at all times. Victims may be kept in this location for extended periods of time, or rotated to other locations every few days.Ĭaught A Case - A term that refers to when a pimp or victim has been arrested and charged with a crime.Ĭhoosing Up - The process by which a different pimp takes “ownership” of a victim. The places often are guarded (and open) 24 hours a day, but some have closing times in which the victims are locked in from the outside. The security is two sided–to keep the women and children in, as well as robbers out. Most brothels have security measures to prevent attacks by other criminals or provide a warning if law enforcement are nearby. It could be in a rural area or nice neighborhood.
Operating as his “right hand,” the Bottom may help instruct victims, collect money, book hotel rooms, post ads, or inflict punishments on other girls.īranding - A tattoo or carving on a victim that indicates ownership by a trafficker/pimp/gang.īrothel (a/k/a Cathouse or Whorehouse) - These establishments may be apartments, houses, trailers, or any facility where sex is sold on the premises. This money may be used to support his concession/phone account or to pay his bond if he’s in jail.īottom - A female appointed by the trafficker/pimp to supervise the others and report rule violations. All money generated on “automatic” is turned over to the pimp. Victims are expected to comply with the rules and often do so out of fear of punishment or because they have been psychologically manipulated into a sense of loyalty or love.
To learn more, order your copy of Renting Lacy today.Īutomatic - A term denoting the victim’s “automatic” routine when her pimp is out of town, in jail, or otherwise not in direct contact with those he is prostituting. The following list of key terms used in sex trafficking is published in Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children by Linda Smith.