Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pander, to procure: The act of facilitating or arranging sexual encounters for someone else, typically for financial gain. This involves acting as an intermediary for prostitution.
2. Noun:
   • A pander, a procurer: A person, typically a man, whose activity is to find clients for sex workers or to arrange sexual services for others.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hắn bị bắt vì tội dắt gái. (He was arrested for the crime of pandering.)
  • Bọn tội phạm đó chuyên dắt gái cho các ông chủ. (Those criminals specialize in procuring women for bosses.)
• Noun:
  • Cảnh sát đang truy nã tên dắt gái khét tiếng. (The police are hunting for the infamous panderer.)
  • Hắn ta làm nghề dắt gái. (He works as a procurer.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is almost exclusively used in a criminal and derogatory context. It refers to illegal activities related to prostitution and human trafficking.
• The term strongly implies exploitation and is associated with organized crime.

Variants and Related Words

• Môi giới mại dâm (n): Sex trafficking intermediary. (A more formal/legal term)
• Chủ chứa (n): Brothel keeper. (Specifically refers to someone who owns or manages a brothel)
• Dắt (v): To lead by the hand, to guide. (The neutral, base verb from which the derogatory compound 'dắt gái' is formed)

Synonyms

• Làm mối mại dâm: To act as a go-between for prostitution.
• Chăn dắt gái mại dâm: To manage/traffic women for prostitution. (Even more derogatory)

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Dắt mối: To act as a broker, to introduce. (Can be used in neutral or negative contexts, but not exclusively for sexual services; e.g., dắt mối làm ăn - to broker a business deal). This is distinct from 'dắt gái'.
• Note: There are no common, fixed idioms using the exact term 'dắt gái' due to its specific and negative meaning. It is used literally.

1. Pander
   • Kẻ dắt gái
     A pander