bawdyhouse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bawdyhouse
    n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn:
         {whorehouse}, {brothel}, {bordello}, {bagnio}, {house of
         prostitution}, {house of ill repute}, {bawdyhouse},
         {cathouse}, {sporting house}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bawdyhouse \Baw"dy*house`\, n.
   A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BAWDY-HOUSE, crim. law. A house of ill-fame, (q. v.) kept for the resort and 
unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes. 
     2. Such a house is a common nuisance, as it endangers the public peace 
by drawing together dissolute and debauched persons; and tends to corrupt 
both sexes by an open profession of lewdness. 1 Russ. on Cr.; 299: Bac. Ab. 
Nuisances, A; Hawk. B. 1, c. 74, Sec. 1-5. 
     3. The keeper of such a house may be indicted for the nuisance; and a 
married woman, because such houses are generally kept by the female sex, may 
be indicted with her husband for keeping such a house. 1 Salk. 383; vide 
Dane's Ab. Index, h. t. One who assists in establishing a bawdyhouse is 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 2 B. Monroe, 417.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "bawdyhouse":
      bagnio, bordello, brothel, cathouse, crib, den, den of vice,
      disorderly house, dive, house of assignation, house of joy,
      house of prostitution, joint, panel den, panel house,
      red-light district, sink of iniquity, sporting house, stew, stews,
      tenderloin, whorehouse