Definition of procure in English:

procure

verb prəˈkjʊəprəˈkjʊr

[with object]

1Obtain (something), especially with care or effort.
（尤指费心、费力地）取得；获得
food procured for the rebels
为叛军谋得的食物。
with two objects he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket
他说服一位朋友帮他弄了张票。
Example sentencesExamples
- No, it's being done in the best model of pork barrel politics where the Administration's friends procure multi-billion dollar contracts in a secret process hidden from any public scrutiny.
- Each medicinal plant was procured in 3 batches obtained during the summer, rainy season, and winter, respectively.
- The study - jointly conducted by the World Health Organisation and the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres - looked at efforts to procure antiretroviral drugs in 10 countries.
- We visit the mainland in our inflatable, to procure food items.
- The deal was an effort to procure knockoff antiretroviral drugs for just $140 per patient per year.
- However, my loyal friend Steve procured the autograph for me instead, and posted it to me as a birthday present.
- In an effort to procure tickets, I called All Sport Promotions, which has a fine record in promoting sports tours such as the recent match in Bahrain.
- The Wall Street Journal has been leaked those portions of the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate relating to Iraq's efforts to procure uranium in Africa.
- This promoted the idea that as long as the reasons for failure were documented, nations could undertake efforts to engineer and procure solutions as required.
- Last night, I walked right up to the ticket window and procured a seat in my usual spot (upper deck, behind the plate) without waiting in line.
- The early details of their journey - procuring a canoe, stockpiling bacon and canned food - at first seem tedious, but it gradually dawns why Clark has taken these pains.
- Questionnaires regarding Community Childcare were sent out to families in the Aghamore area during the week in an effort to procure affordable childcare facilities in the region.
- That's why I'm indebted to our good friend Xtian for procuring such excellent tickets for last night's game and for providing a 90-minute tutorial on Beckenbauerian tactics.
- Acquired honor is procured through the never-ending game of verbal challenge and riposte.
- It is believed that viruses causing deadly diseases such as ebola and salmonella were procured in Russia and that anthrax was obtained from North Korea.
- Wei organized an effort by Cub Scout Pack 84 to procure shoes for the orphaned African girls.
- The main efforts are focused on procuring information about the operational situation in the theater with the help of space-based assets of radar surveillance.
- In recent years, the gallery has made a concerted effort to procure art works by contemporary South African artists.
- All subjects had participated in an earlier experiment in which they pecked at black and white symbols to procure food rewards.
- They proved that fungi can be identified in virtually all patients with chronic rhinosinusitis if meticulous, painstaking efforts are taken to procure samples.
Synonyms
obtain, acquire, get, find, come by, secure, pick up, get possession of
buy, purchase
informal get hold of, get one's hands on, get one's mitts on
1. 1.1 Obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person.
  为（某人）拉皮条；给（某人）做淫媒
  he haunted railway stations to procure young girls for immoral purposes
  在火车站出没专找年轻女郎拉皮条的男人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It also prohibited all procuring of children, whether male or female, for prostitution.
  Those provisions exist largely because it is recognised that people who operate brothels, who procure and live off the earnings of prostitutes, are essentially in an exploitative relationship.
  He is also charged with procuring a third woman to have unlawful sex and jointly charged with Nigel Coates of inciting her to perform a sex act with a dog.
  Under the new Australian laws, adults caught using the Internet to procure children younger than 16 for sex face up to 15 years in jail.
  Police charged Prachuab with procuring boys under the age of 15 for lewd conduct or forced human traffic.
  One night in August he visited a prostitute and the next day he procured the woman for a fellow teacher.
  This man, however, sexually abused the boy and procured him for sex with foreigners.
  These included 15 cases of assault, six cases of public disorder, two sexual assault cases, one child pornography case, one case of trying to procure an under-age child and one charge of corruption.
  She has been charged with procuring a girl under the age of 15 years for sexual services.
  He served as bodyguard to a young boy prince from some European country and had to procure hookers for the 12-year-old.
  Lin later procured several other prostitutes and earned about 20,000 yuan commission between September of last year and this May.
  In 1974, police estimated that there were 400,000 prostitutes in Thailand, procured primarily for the U.S. military on R & R from the Vietnam War.
  She was aware of the King's private brothel, the Parc-aux-Cerfs, but most biographers and historians dismiss the charges that she procured young women for him as malicious court gossip.
  He was jailed last December for trying to procure a 10-year-old girl for a paedophile sex ring.
  He had just been released from a two-year term for offences including procuring a woman to become a prostitute.
  Between them they were convicted of procuring four young women, mostly from France, for the sex industry.
  It was obvious to anyone paying any attention at all that the girls were procured as prostitutes for the night for the wealthy Middle Easterner.
  He faces a further charge of procuring a woman to become a common prostitute at Huby between 1988 and 1995.
  The man was charged with using the Internet to procure a child under 16, using the Internet to expose a child to indecent material and possession of tainted property relating to computers.
  His main goal in life seemed to be the procuring of prostitutes in as many nations as possible, and he was keen to share his accumulated wisdom on this arcane topic.
  Synonyms
  be a pimp, be pimping
  British informal ponce
  North American informal hustle
2Law
Persuade or cause (someone) to do something.
〔律〕说服；使（某人）做某事
he procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account
他说服妻子在联合账户上签了私人财产委托说明。
Example sentencesExamples
- The obstruct justice charge related to an attempt to procure a witness to claim he had been driving the vehicle and had left before the police arrived.
- The person who was said to be the accessory in that case was a person who was not even present, let alone driving the car, but someone who was said to have procured the driver to drive a vehicle with defective brakes.
- The issue is whether I should infer from the facts that ACP and/or the fifth defendant by one or more of their officers procured the employees to break their contracts of employment with intent that they should do so.
1. 2.1archaic Cause (something) to happen.
  〈古〉〔律〕使（某事）发生；导致
  he was charged with procuring the death of the Earl of Lancaster
  他被指控造成兰开斯特伯爵和其他贵族的死亡。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Every person who, by willful perjury or subornation of perjury procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person, is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
  The employee was acquitted of the principal offence, but the Court of Appeal upheld the employer's conviction for, essentially, procuring the actus reus.
  Retail Credit Cards Ltd. was charged with aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring offences committed by another person under the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
  The officers had been acting as Agents provocateurs, and had procured the appellants to commit the offences.
  The perjured evidence was not procured or knowingly adopted by Orion, nor was it given by someone who was part of the company's directing mind and will.
  Synonyms
  bring about, cause, contrive, effect

Derivatives

procurable

adjective prəˈkjʊərəb(ə)lprəˈkjurəb(ə)l

The city of Banares is in effect just a big church, a religious hive whose every conceivable earthly and heavenly good is procurable under one roof.
Example sentencesExamples
- Standard and prostrate plants are now procurable from some of the larger nurseries.
- Since no water was procurable, I did the next logical thing.
- The high resolution meter IKNOS like data available outside India are also procurable only through the NRSA and how far one can get these directly is anybody's guess.
- The Contractor shall execute and complete the Works, so far as it is legally and physically possible to do so, in a good and workmanlike manner and using materials of good quality so far as they may be reasonably procurable.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French procurer, from Latin procurare 'take care of, manage', from pro- 'on behalf of' + curare 'see to'.

Rhymes

abjure, adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're

Definition of procure in US English:

procure

verbprəˈkyo͝orprəˈkjʊr

[with object]

1Obtain (something), especially with care or effort.
（尤指费心、费力地）取得；获得
food procured for the rebels
为叛军谋得的食物。
with two objects he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket
他说服一位朋友帮他弄了张票。
Example sentencesExamples
- In recent years, the gallery has made a concerted effort to procure art works by contemporary South African artists.
- The deal was an effort to procure knockoff antiretroviral drugs for just $140 per patient per year.
- Last night, I walked right up to the ticket window and procured a seat in my usual spot (upper deck, behind the plate) without waiting in line.
- They proved that fungi can be identified in virtually all patients with chronic rhinosinusitis if meticulous, painstaking efforts are taken to procure samples.
- In an effort to procure tickets, I called All Sport Promotions, which has a fine record in promoting sports tours such as the recent match in Bahrain.
- However, my loyal friend Steve procured the autograph for me instead, and posted it to me as a birthday present.
- Questionnaires regarding Community Childcare were sent out to families in the Aghamore area during the week in an effort to procure affordable childcare facilities in the region.
- Wei organized an effort by Cub Scout Pack 84 to procure shoes for the orphaned African girls.
- The Wall Street Journal has been leaked those portions of the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate relating to Iraq's efforts to procure uranium in Africa.
- The study - jointly conducted by the World Health Organisation and the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres - looked at efforts to procure antiretroviral drugs in 10 countries.
- The main efforts are focused on procuring information about the operational situation in the theater with the help of space-based assets of radar surveillance.
- Acquired honor is procured through the never-ending game of verbal challenge and riposte.
- The early details of their journey - procuring a canoe, stockpiling bacon and canned food - at first seem tedious, but it gradually dawns why Clark has taken these pains.
- This promoted the idea that as long as the reasons for failure were documented, nations could undertake efforts to engineer and procure solutions as required.
- All subjects had participated in an earlier experiment in which they pecked at black and white symbols to procure food rewards.
- No, it's being done in the best model of pork barrel politics where the Administration's friends procure multi-billion dollar contracts in a secret process hidden from any public scrutiny.
- That's why I'm indebted to our good friend Xtian for procuring such excellent tickets for last night's game and for providing a 90-minute tutorial on Beckenbauerian tactics.
- It is believed that viruses causing deadly diseases such as ebola and salmonella were procured in Russia and that anthrax was obtained from North Korea.
- Each medicinal plant was procured in 3 batches obtained during the summer, rainy season, and winter, respectively.
- We visit the mainland in our inflatable, to procure food items.
Synonyms
obtain, acquire, get, find, come by, secure, pick up, get possession of
1. 1.1 Obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person.
  为（某人）拉皮条；给（某人）做淫媒
  he was charged with procuring a minor
  Example sentencesExamples
  The man was charged with using the Internet to procure a child under 16, using the Internet to expose a child to indecent material and possession of tainted property relating to computers.
  His main goal in life seemed to be the procuring of prostitutes in as many nations as possible, and he was keen to share his accumulated wisdom on this arcane topic.
  He is also charged with procuring a third woman to have unlawful sex and jointly charged with Nigel Coates of inciting her to perform a sex act with a dog.
  One night in August he visited a prostitute and the next day he procured the woman for a fellow teacher.
  He served as bodyguard to a young boy prince from some European country and had to procure hookers for the 12-year-old.
  Lin later procured several other prostitutes and earned about 20,000 yuan commission between September of last year and this May.
  Police charged Prachuab with procuring boys under the age of 15 for lewd conduct or forced human traffic.
  Those provisions exist largely because it is recognised that people who operate brothels, who procure and live off the earnings of prostitutes, are essentially in an exploitative relationship.
  Under the new Australian laws, adults caught using the Internet to procure children younger than 16 for sex face up to 15 years in jail.
  He had just been released from a two-year term for offences including procuring a woman to become a prostitute.
  It also prohibited all procuring of children, whether male or female, for prostitution.
  This man, however, sexually abused the boy and procured him for sex with foreigners.
  She has been charged with procuring a girl under the age of 15 years for sexual services.
  It was obvious to anyone paying any attention at all that the girls were procured as prostitutes for the night for the wealthy Middle Easterner.
  These included 15 cases of assault, six cases of public disorder, two sexual assault cases, one child pornography case, one case of trying to procure an under-age child and one charge of corruption.
  In 1974, police estimated that there were 400,000 prostitutes in Thailand, procured primarily for the U.S. military on R & R from the Vietnam War.
  He was jailed last December for trying to procure a 10-year-old girl for a paedophile sex ring.
  She was aware of the King's private brothel, the Parc-aux-Cerfs, but most biographers and historians dismiss the charges that she procured young women for him as malicious court gossip.
  Between them they were convicted of procuring four young women, mostly from France, for the sex industry.
  He faces a further charge of procuring a woman to become a common prostitute at Huby between 1988 and 1995.
  Synonyms
  be a pimp, be pimping
2Law
Persuade or cause (someone) to do something.
〔律〕说服；使（某人）做某事
he procured his wife to sign the agreement
他说服妻子在联合账户上签了私人财产委托说明。
Example sentencesExamples
- The issue is whether I should infer from the facts that ACP and/or the fifth defendant by one or more of their officers procured the employees to break their contracts of employment with intent that they should do so.
- The obstruct justice charge related to an attempt to procure a witness to claim he had been driving the vehicle and had left before the police arrived.
- The person who was said to be the accessory in that case was a person who was not even present, let alone driving the car, but someone who was said to have procured the driver to drive a vehicle with defective brakes.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French procurer, from Latin procurare ‘take care of, manage’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + curare ‘see to’.

单词	procure
释义	Definition of procure in English: procure verb prəˈkjʊəprəˈkjʊr [with object] 1Obtain (something), especially with care or effort. （尤指费心、费力地）取得；获得 food procured for the rebels 为叛军谋得的食物。 with two objects he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket 他说服一位朋友帮他弄了张票。 Example sentencesExamples No, it's being done in the best model of pork barrel politics where the Administration's friends procure multi-billion dollar contracts in a secret process hidden from any public scrutiny. Each medicinal plant was procured in 3 batches obtained during the summer, rainy season, and winter, respectively. The study - jointly conducted by the World Health Organisation and the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres - looked at efforts to procure antiretroviral drugs in 10 countries. We visit the mainland in our inflatable, to procure food items. The deal was an effort to procure knockoff antiretroviral drugs for just $140 per patient per year. However, my loyal friend Steve procured the autograph for me instead, and posted it to me as a birthday present. In an effort to procure tickets, I called All Sport Promotions, which has a fine record in promoting sports tours such as the recent match in Bahrain. The Wall Street Journal has been leaked those portions of the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate relating to Iraq's efforts to procure uranium in Africa. This promoted the idea that as long as the reasons for failure were documented, nations could undertake efforts to engineer and procure solutions as required. Last night, I walked right up to the ticket window and procured a seat in my usual spot (upper deck, behind the plate) without waiting in line. The early details of their journey - procuring a canoe, stockpiling bacon and canned food - at first seem tedious, but it gradually dawns why Clark has taken these pains. Questionnaires regarding Community Childcare were sent out to families in the Aghamore area during the week in an effort to procure affordable childcare facilities in the region. That's why I'm indebted to our good friend Xtian for procuring such excellent tickets for last night's game and for providing a 90-minute tutorial on Beckenbauerian tactics. Acquired honor is procured through the never-ending game of verbal challenge and riposte. It is believed that viruses causing deadly diseases such as ebola and salmonella were procured in Russia and that anthrax was obtained from North Korea. Wei organized an effort by Cub Scout Pack 84 to procure shoes for the orphaned African girls. The main efforts are focused on procuring information about the operational situation in the theater with the help of space-based assets of radar surveillance. In recent years, the gallery has made a concerted effort to procure art works by contemporary South African artists. All subjects had participated in an earlier experiment in which they pecked at black and white symbols to procure food rewards. They proved that fungi can be identified in virtually all patients with chronic rhinosinusitis if meticulous, painstaking efforts are taken to procure samples. Synonyms obtain, acquire, get, find, come by, secure, pick up, get possession of buy, purchase informal get hold of, get one's hands on, get one's mitts on 1.1 Obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person. 为（某人）拉皮条；给（某人）做淫媒 he haunted railway stations to procure young girls for immoral purposes 在火车站出没专找年轻女郎拉皮条的男人。 Example sentencesExamples It also prohibited all procuring of children, whether male or female, for prostitution. Those provisions exist largely because it is recognised that people who operate brothels, who procure and live off the earnings of prostitutes, are essentially in an exploitative relationship. He is also charged with procuring a third woman to have unlawful sex and jointly charged with Nigel Coates of inciting her to perform a sex act with a dog. Under the new Australian laws, adults caught using the Internet to procure children younger than 16 for sex face up to 15 years in jail. Police charged Prachuab with procuring boys under the age of 15 for lewd conduct or forced human traffic. One night in August he visited a prostitute and the next day he procured the woman for a fellow teacher. This man, however, sexually abused the boy and procured him for sex with foreigners. These included 15 cases of assault, six cases of public disorder, two sexual assault cases, one child pornography case, one case of trying to procure an under-age child and one charge of corruption. She has been charged with procuring a girl under the age of 15 years for sexual services. He served as bodyguard to a young boy prince from some European country and had to procure hookers for the 12-year-old. Lin later procured several other prostitutes and earned about 20,000 yuan commission between September of last year and this May. In 1974, police estimated that there were 400,000 prostitutes in Thailand, procured primarily for the U.S. military on R & R from the Vietnam War. She was aware of the King's private brothel, the Parc-aux-Cerfs, but most biographers and historians dismiss the charges that she procured young women for him as malicious court gossip. He was jailed last December for trying to procure a 10-year-old girl for a paedophile sex ring. He had just been released from a two-year term for offences including procuring a woman to become a prostitute. Between them they were convicted of procuring four young women, mostly from France, for the sex industry. It was obvious to anyone paying any attention at all that the girls were procured as prostitutes for the night for the wealthy Middle Easterner. He faces a further charge of procuring a woman to become a common prostitute at Huby between 1988 and 1995. The man was charged with using the Internet to procure a child under 16, using the Internet to expose a child to indecent material and possession of tainted property relating to computers. His main goal in life seemed to be the procuring of prostitutes in as many nations as possible, and he was keen to share his accumulated wisdom on this arcane topic. Synonyms be a pimp, be pimping British informal ponce North American informal hustle 2Law Persuade or cause (someone) to do something. 〔律〕说服；使（某人）做某事 he procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account 他说服妻子在联合账户上签了私人财产委托说明。 Example sentencesExamples The obstruct justice charge related to an attempt to procure a witness to claim he had been driving the vehicle and had left before the police arrived. The person who was said to be the accessory in that case was a person who was not even present, let alone driving the car, but someone who was said to have procured the driver to drive a vehicle with defective brakes. The issue is whether I should infer from the facts that ACP and/or the fifth defendant by one or more of their officers procured the employees to break their contracts of employment with intent that they should do so. 2.1archaic Cause (something) to happen. 〈古〉〔律〕使（某事）发生；导致 he was charged with procuring the death of the Earl of Lancaster 他被指控造成兰开斯特伯爵和其他贵族的死亡。 Example sentencesExamples Every person who, by willful perjury or subornation of perjury procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person, is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole. The employee was acquitted of the principal offence, but the Court of Appeal upheld the employer's conviction for, essentially, procuring the actus reus. Retail Credit Cards Ltd. was charged with aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring offences committed by another person under the Consumer Credit Act 1974. The officers had been acting as Agents provocateurs, and had procured the appellants to commit the offences. The perjured evidence was not procured or knowingly adopted by Orion, nor was it given by someone who was part of the company's directing mind and will. Synonyms bring about, cause, contrive, effect Derivatives procurable adjective prəˈkjʊərəb(ə)lprəˈkjurəb(ə)l The city of Banares is in effect just a big church, a religious hive whose every conceivable earthly and heavenly good is procurable under one roof. Example sentencesExamples Standard and prostrate plants are now procurable from some of the larger nurseries. Since no water was procurable, I did the next logical thing. The high resolution meter IKNOS like data available outside India are also procurable only through the NRSA and how far one can get these directly is anybody's guess. The Contractor shall execute and complete the Works, so far as it is legally and physically possible to do so, in a good and workmanlike manner and using materials of good quality so far as they may be reasonably procurable. Origin Middle English: from Old French procurer, from Latin procurare 'take care of, manage', from pro- 'on behalf of' + curare 'see to'. Rhymes abjure, adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're Definition of procure in US English: procure verbprəˈkyo͝orprəˈkjʊr [with object] 1Obtain (something), especially with care or effort. （尤指费心、费力地）取得；获得 food procured for the rebels 为叛军谋得的食物。 with two objects he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket 他说服一位朋友帮他弄了张票。 Example sentencesExamples In recent years, the gallery has made a concerted effort to procure art works by contemporary South African artists. The deal was an effort to procure knockoff antiretroviral drugs for just $140 per patient per year. Last night, I walked right up to the ticket window and procured a seat in my usual spot (upper deck, behind the plate) without waiting in line. They proved that fungi can be identified in virtually all patients with chronic rhinosinusitis if meticulous, painstaking efforts are taken to procure samples. In an effort to procure tickets, I called All Sport Promotions, which has a fine record in promoting sports tours such as the recent match in Bahrain. However, my loyal friend Steve procured the autograph for me instead, and posted it to me as a birthday present. Questionnaires regarding Community Childcare were sent out to families in the Aghamore area during the week in an effort to procure affordable childcare facilities in the region. Wei organized an effort by Cub Scout Pack 84 to procure shoes for the orphaned African girls. The Wall Street Journal has been leaked those portions of the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate relating to Iraq's efforts to procure uranium in Africa. The study - jointly conducted by the World Health Organisation and the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres - looked at efforts to procure antiretroviral drugs in 10 countries. The main efforts are focused on procuring information about the operational situation in the theater with the help of space-based assets of radar surveillance. Acquired honor is procured through the never-ending game of verbal challenge and riposte. The early details of their journey - procuring a canoe, stockpiling bacon and canned food - at first seem tedious, but it gradually dawns why Clark has taken these pains. This promoted the idea that as long as the reasons for failure were documented, nations could undertake efforts to engineer and procure solutions as required. All subjects had participated in an earlier experiment in which they pecked at black and white symbols to procure food rewards. No, it's being done in the best model of pork barrel politics where the Administration's friends procure multi-billion dollar contracts in a secret process hidden from any public scrutiny. That's why I'm indebted to our good friend Xtian for procuring such excellent tickets for last night's game and for providing a 90-minute tutorial on Beckenbauerian tactics. It is believed that viruses causing deadly diseases such as ebola and salmonella were procured in Russia and that anthrax was obtained from North Korea. Each medicinal plant was procured in 3 batches obtained during the summer, rainy season, and winter, respectively. We visit the mainland in our inflatable, to procure food items. Synonyms obtain, acquire, get, find, come by, secure, pick up, get possession of 1.1 Obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person. 为（某人）拉皮条；给（某人）做淫媒 he was charged with procuring a minor Example sentencesExamples The man was charged with using the Internet to procure a child under 16, using the Internet to expose a child to indecent material and possession of tainted property relating to computers. His main goal in life seemed to be the procuring of prostitutes in as many nations as possible, and he was keen to share his accumulated wisdom on this arcane topic. He is also charged with procuring a third woman to have unlawful sex and jointly charged with Nigel Coates of inciting her to perform a sex act with a dog. One night in August he visited a prostitute and the next day he procured the woman for a fellow teacher. He served as bodyguard to a young boy prince from some European country and had to procure hookers for the 12-year-old. Lin later procured several other prostitutes and earned about 20,000 yuan commission between September of last year and this May. Police charged Prachuab with procuring boys under the age of 15 for lewd conduct or forced human traffic. Those provisions exist largely because it is recognised that people who operate brothels, who procure and live off the earnings of prostitutes, are essentially in an exploitative relationship. Under the new Australian laws, adults caught using the Internet to procure children younger than 16 for sex face up to 15 years in jail. He had just been released from a two-year term for offences including procuring a woman to become a prostitute. It also prohibited all procuring of children, whether male or female, for prostitution. This man, however, sexually abused the boy and procured him for sex with foreigners. She has been charged with procuring a girl under the age of 15 years for sexual services. It was obvious to anyone paying any attention at all that the girls were procured as prostitutes for the night for the wealthy Middle Easterner. These included 15 cases of assault, six cases of public disorder, two sexual assault cases, one child pornography case, one case of trying to procure an under-age child and one charge of corruption. In 1974, police estimated that there were 400,000 prostitutes in Thailand, procured primarily for the U.S. military on R & R from the Vietnam War. He was jailed last December for trying to procure a 10-year-old girl for a paedophile sex ring. She was aware of the King's private brothel, the Parc-aux-Cerfs, but most biographers and historians dismiss the charges that she procured young women for him as malicious court gossip. Between them they were convicted of procuring four young women, mostly from France, for the sex industry. He faces a further charge of procuring a woman to become a common prostitute at Huby between 1988 and 1995. Synonyms be a pimp, be pimping 2Law Persuade or cause (someone) to do something. 〔律〕说服；使（某人）做某事 he procured his wife to sign the agreement 他说服妻子在联合账户上签了私人财产委托说明。 Example sentencesExamples The issue is whether I should infer from the facts that ACP and/or the fifth defendant by one or more of their officers procured the employees to break their contracts of employment with intent that they should do so. The obstruct justice charge related to an attempt to procure a witness to claim he had been driving the vehicle and had left before the police arrived. The person who was said to be the accessory in that case was a person who was not even present, let alone driving the car, but someone who was said to have procured the driver to drive a vehicle with defective brakes. Origin Middle English: from Old French procurer, from Latin procurare ‘take care of, manage’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + curare ‘see to’.
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