(~s, procuring, ~d)
1.
If you ~ something, especially something that is difficult to get, you obtain it. (FORMAL)
It remained very difficult to ~ food, fuel and other daily necessities.
VERB: V n
2.
If someone ~s a prostitute, they introduce the prostitute to a client.
He ~d girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.
VERB: V n