From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbrothelbroth‧el /ˈbrɒθəl $ ˈbrɑː-, ˈbrɒː-/ noun [countable] SEX/HAVE SEX WITHa house where men pay to have sex with prostitutes
Examples from the Corpus
brothel• The report states that immigration authorities have found evidence of 250 brothels in 26 cities where victims of trafficking are working.• In fact the tenants allowed the hotel rented under the lease to be used as a brothel.• There were also penalties for brothel keepers.• Which is good because this is not just any old brothel.• After Troilus and Cressida almost any play is a relief, even the brothel scenes of Pericles.• It seemed that the father had gone straight from the brothel to the River and drowned himself.Origin brothel (1500-1600) brothel “worthless person, prostitute” ((14-17 centuries)), from Old English brothen “ruined”; influenced by bordello 