PROCURE


Meaning of PROCURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prəkjʊə(r) ]

( procures, procuring, procured)

1.

If you procure something, especially something that is difficult to get, you obtain it. ( FORMAL )

It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.

VERB : V n

2.

If someone procures a prostitute, they introduce the prostitute to a client.

He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.

VERB : V n

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