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pro·cure  (pr-kyr, pr-)
v. pro·cured, pro·cur·ing, pro·cures
v.tr.
1. To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.
2. To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.
3. To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.
v.intr.
To obtain sexual partners for others.
[Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, to take care of, from Latin prcrre : pr-, for; see pro-1 + crre, to care for (from cra, care; see cure).]
pro·cura·ble adj.
pro·curance, pro·curement n.
Translations
procuring [prəˈkjʊərɪŋ] N → proxenetismo m
procuring
n (for prostitution) → Zuhälterei f
procuring [prəˈkjʊərɪŋ] n (Law) → lenocinio
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Concerning the means of procuring unity; men must beware, that in the procuring, or reuniting, of religious unity, they do not dissolve and deface the laws of charity, and of human society.
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