red-light districtnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌredˈlaɪt ˌdɪs.trɪkt/us/ˌredˈlaɪt ˌdɪs.trɪkt/a part of a city where people and businesses sell sex
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- inner city
- precinct
- slum
- Speakers' Corner
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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