See also: ill-repute English Alternative forms ill-repute Noun ill repute (uncountable) Bad reputation; notoriety. He was held in ill repute, no one would trust him enough to do business with him. (euphemistic) Prostitution and the sex industry. 1997, Aileen Schumacher, Engineering for Murder, page 69:His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border. Derived terms house of ill repute (“brothel”) woman of ill repute Translations bad reputation Irish: droch-cháil f Russian: дурна́я сла́ва f (durnája sláva) Sanskrit: अकीर्ति (sa) f (akīrti) Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.