The word Brothel originates from the old french word called Bordel or berdellos, ca. 1200 “bordel” sing. Meaning “prostitution place.

A brothel is a place where people may come to engage in sexual activity with a prostitute. 

In some jurisdictions, brothels are legal and regulated, while in others they are illegal. 

Places where Brothels are illegal, the business people who run brothels, disguise them as message parlor so that they may skip the harassments of the law, (Appearing as if the customer has come for a massage, but yet the intention is to give that customer a service of sexual pleasure by the prostitutes).

Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution and bawdy house.