turning tricks

Verb

turn tricks (third-person singular simple present turns tricks, present participle turning tricks, simple past and past participle turned tricks)

1. (intransitive, slang) To work as a prostitute, providing sexual services for money.
   • By 1996, she was a hooker sleeping in the streets or at ratty hotels in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, turning tricks to get her next bag of heroin.2004 March 21, Kevin Fagan, “The Homeless: Desperate search for Bridget—sister, mother, addict”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2004

   Synonyms:

   sell one's body, turn a trick