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Trafficker, Pimp -  A trafficker is a person who engages in the illegal trade of goods or people, for exploitation. Traffickers profit by controlling and exploiting their victims for labor or s*x, using force, fraud, or coercion.  The terms Trafficker and Pimp are interchangeable.  They are driven by profit at the expense of others.

Stable -    The term "stable" refers to a group of victims that are under the control of a single trafficker or pimp.         

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Bottom, Bottom Girl, Bottom B*tch - Traffickers appoint a person in the stable to manage, supervise and often recruit other victims. This is most often the female that has been with the trafficker the longest.  She may have "earned" this position with the trafficker/pimp. She'll be expected to control the other girls and may be forced to administer punishment to others as the trafficker feels necessary.
 

Track or Blade -  In the context of trafficking, a "track" or "blade" refers to an area of town known for prostitution      activity.  It can be an area around a group of strip clubs and pornography stores, or a particular stretch of street or lot often associated with drugs and homelessness.  Other less common terms include stroll, or turf.

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Bread, Dough  -  Street term used for money.

 

Daddy -  What pimps often require victims to call them.

Branding  -   Traffickers often "brand" or tattoo those they are trafficking to show "ownership."  (Traffickers fully believe they own those they are victimizing)  If the trafficker is part of a gang, the tattoos may depict the gang's symbols.  A brand may also say "Property of (with name of trafficker)" usually a street name.  Tattoos may say Daddy's B*itch or Daddy's Girl, etc.  If several girls are seen with the same tattoo, this is a good indication that they are all "property" of, and answer to the same trafficker. 
 

John or Johns - In the context of trafficking, a "John" refers to any individual purchasing sexual services;  soliciting prostitution, they are the buyer.

Quota - In trafficking, a "quota" refers to a set amount of money that a victim must make each night before she can return. If the victim does not meet the quota, she may face discipline, such as being beaten, or not permitted to eat. She will be sent back out on the street to earn the rest.

Date or Trick - An encounter in which a s*x act is exchanged for something of value.  A person in prostitution is said to be “with a date” or “dating” or “turning a trick” or “with a trick.   Example, Debbie is scheduled for six "dates" between 10pm and 1am trying to meet her "quota."

The Life, or The Game - Refers to the lifestyle and or subculture of pimp/trafficker-controlled sex trafficking which includes unique rules, language, and a hierarchy of power.

Lot Lizard  - Derogatory term for a person who is being prostituted (trafficked) at truck stops.

Brothel  - A place where sex is sold. It can be a private home, a strip club, or even the back of a business. There are often security measures in place to control the victims and screen out law enforcement.

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Heat -  A term that refers to law enforcement, cops. 

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Catch a Case - Getting arrested or charged with a crime.

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Runaway - Refers to children or teens who have run away from home or foster program, easily manipulated because they are in need of food and shelter, at risk of being trafficked.

Kiddie Track - Youth, usually between the ages of 11-16 who are forced to engage in street prostitution by a trafficker. 
 

​Family - This is a group of trafficking victims "owned" and controlled by the same trafficker.

Gorilla Pimp - A trafficker that uses extreme forms of violence to maintain complete control of their victim.

Romeo Pimp, Boyfriending or Romancing - These terms describe how a trafficker will pretend to love a girl, will show affection to their targeted victim making her believe they are in a loving relationship only to later force her into trafficking situations.  
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Hoe - A derogatory and belittling term that traffickers use referring to their workers (victims). 
 

Outcall -  This is when a trafficking victim goes to a specific location to provide sexual services.

In-call -  This is when a John comes to a specific location to receive sexual services, often a hotel or brothel. 

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Season or Seasoning  - A term used when a trafficker or pimp breaks down victims will through violence and torture to force them into a trafficking situation.  They will use whatever means necessary to instill fear and break their victim's will to resist working for them; very violent. 

In Pocket or Out of Pocket - "In Pocket" refers to a worker (victim) who is following all the rules and doing what she's told to do, when she's told to do it.  "Out of Pocket" refers to a working (victim) that is resisting or is breaking their trafficker's set rules. 

 

Turn Out - Someone who is new to the life, new to being trafficked, being forced to prostitute themselves. Turning out a girl often includes repeated violent r*apes, including gang r*apes and sod*my preparing her to work. 

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Grooming -  This term describes how traffickers slowly and methodically establish complete control over their victims and manipulate them into cooperating in their exploitation.  

Wifey or Sister -  A term which girls in a stable refer to one another. 

Flex -  This is to showoff.  Trafficker or pimps may post a video on social media showing large sums of cash, making it rain money.  

Strapped - This refers to someone carrying a weapon; firearm.

Telly -  Street name for a hotel or motel. 

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