Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that procures.
- noun A pander.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who procures or obtains; that which brings on or causes to be done.
- noun One who uses means to bring anything about, especially one who does so secretly and corruptly.
- noun One who procures for another the gratification of his lust; a pimp; a pander.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.
- noun One who procures the gratification of lust for another; a pimp; a pander.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
procures orobtains things, especially one who procurescustomers forprostitutes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
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Examples
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He is gone but his good deeds as a procurer of justice will let his spirit live on forever.
Anthony Papa: The Passing of a Drug Reform Hero: Retired Judge Jerome Marks Anthony Papa 2011
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In particular, the central character, Sari Arany (which we can accept as a translatuion convention: in Hungarian she would have been Arany Sari) is a fascinating figure, developing from introspective teenager to being the village midwife, registrar and procurer of poison.
Three Who audiobooks yiskah 2009
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Ogden serves as a troubleshooter and procurer similar to the roles he fulfilled while serving in the Armed Forces and offers his boss his services until he can no longer tolerate Collins.
Carole Mallory: Review: The Adjustment by Scott Phillips Carole Mallory 2011
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He is gone but his good deeds as a procurer of justice will let his spirit live on forever.
Anthony Papa: The Passing of a Drug Reform Hero: Retired Judge Jerome Marks Anthony Papa 2011
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Deranged, self serving, sexually driven and yet likeable Wayne Ogden is our unscrupulous procurer and criminal ready to triumph with his blackmail schemes and the like.
Carole Mallory: Review: The Adjustment by Scott Phillips Carole Mallory 2011
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Deranged, self serving, sexually driven and yet likeable Wayne Ogden is our unscrupulous procurer and criminal ready to triumph with his blackmail schemes and the like.
Carole Mallory: Review: The Adjustment by Scott Phillips Carole Mallory 2011
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In a report for the case, Mr. Dalzell said young Americans define a pimp as "an alluring, charming ladies' man," not "a procurer of prostitutes."
As Slang Changes More Rapidly, Expert Has to Watch His Language Vauhini Vara 2011
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Mainstream media: killing the past p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P: - Because everyone with an online account has the potential to become his or her own news and information procurer and disseminator, “the corporate press corpse is panicking, trying to figure out a way to stay relevant,” I said in a post on Saturday.
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Witness the current status of Palin, the right-wing's best procurer of unhappy wing nuts.
Authorities report rise in threats against members of Congress 2010
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Ogden serves as a troubleshooter and procurer similar to the roles he fulfilled while serving in the Armed Forces and offers his boss his services until he can no longer tolerate Collins.
Carole Mallory: Review: The Adjustment by Scott Phillips Carole Mallory 2011
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